Reinhart...
And some of those nations (Ireland, Australia, NZ) enjoy being called "great aviation nations" (because they do supply a big percentage of the pilot workforces of many companies in the world ) ... when they don"t build any aircraft, choppers, fighters, rockets or satellites.
You obviously haven't got a bloody clue about what Australia has actually
'...achieved in so many fields' in aviation, Rienhart.
OK, so Australia doesn't build helicopters, but it has built (and still does build) aircraft, was the the first country to have a civilian DME system, developed the T-VASIS, developed the flight data recorder, launched its first satellite in 1967 (WRESAT) and in doing so became the fourth country in the world to do so, has the HyShot (scramjet) program, and has been involved with rocket programs since the 60's (Blue Streak, followed on by ELDO etc).
As fdr said:
FWIW [Reinhart], your comments smack of racial vilification; the assumption of racial superiority that underlies your post is rather offensive.
I have to agree with fdr. Your xenophobic assertions Reinhart, demonstrate the wisdom of Mark Twain's comment:
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. 