Goodness gracious,
I never thought anyone in (or from)NZ would ever make sour comments like that about us "Good ole Brits"
SSD thankyou for the M52 addition, I have not been able to find my book with that info in, ..however being a Brit I thought that we had supplied (GIVEN) that info to the Bro's over the Pond, sadly for the commercial aspect it came at at time when we(the Brits) had little or no funds to carry it through to full jet(not Rocket) propulsion, quiet simply due to fighting the WW2 for the full term ie 39 to 45.5.
In fact Whittle's Jet developed and built not 12 miles from where I sit, was also GIVEN to the Rooshiens to help(???) them build their first Jet aircraft.....
Does it sound rather like we have given the World an awful lot more than others might have done..??
PR-B Lancashire