Here’s a recent feature <
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets-with-madison/the-untold-story-of-nzs-only-aircraft-manufacturer/ETDCVHBZZZB53E7VCT2XOMRTNI/>
on the only operating aircraft manufacturer in Australasia -- NZ Aero,
based in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Their specialty is the fixed-wing “X-STOL” market -- “Extremely Short Takeoff and Landing”. Would you believe, their main product needs only
200m to get airborne? These are not large aircraft, and they are
naturally propeller-driven (single-engine), not jets, but there are
quite a few markets that need that kind of capability. Their ability
to fly slowly (down to just 50 knots, or 90 km/h) is also useful.
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