aussie plane makes me think of the aussie flyer in the road warrior. (not even the same, but spiritually)

This is mentioned in the article:

> But the airplane never became popular—although it became briefly famous when a heavily made-up example starred in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

	▲	m463 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I was referring to the copter pilot in the road warrior, same scrappy tininess. beyond thunderdome was the next in the series.