I've met Americans at US Air Shows that are convinced [or have been!] that the AV8B is a wholly American design, including, would you believe, the engine!!! At Oshkosh once, the only way I could convince a guy that this was not so was to take him to the static park, and show him the engine makers plate!!!!! America.....Land of the free, home of the brainwashed......No offence, just that you guys seem to be fed an awful lot of mis-information about stuff.,