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HC,
You are right, but we Americans like to think we are the only Americans, when the truth is the term does encompass our continental friends both North and South.
Interesting comments on the tail rotor, I remember someone mentioning to me while I was at Sikorsky that they could think of no helicopter that went to production with the same tail rotor and/or tail stabilizer/configuration that was original to the design concept.
Cheers,
Dave