Flying Binghi,
Sorry if you misinterpreted what I mean. Up until the 1934 race virtually all aircraft in Australia were British or derivitatives such as the Avro or Fokker tri motor. It was only after the Australians saw the DC 2 and B247 in Melbourne after the race that things changed and we started to see US built aircraft here on regular services.
These being the Locheed 10 and DC2
Dicks race concept deserves all our support, in an era of conservation and climate change what better way of showing the world Australia can take a leading role in cutting edge technology. As for those naysayers who say we shouldn't throw any money at development where would we be if the CSIRO hadn't developed WiFi, certainly not posting on Pprune