Nope Buster, just silly enough to get an engineering degree many years ago and try to work in manufacturing. Then to an airline, and an aerospace company.
I did however spend time some years ago working to give some stimulus to the engineering industry. The result of that work is here:
http://www.toolingaus.com/
....and today's cover story is about an Australian company making bits for Rolls Royce Aerospace
Australia's manufacturing niche in the world economy is making relatively low volumes of sophisticated products....which we can usually make cheaper and better than anybody else.