[ArtieBob]

I used to work for a German company and the attitude of the "Fatherland" division was a distinct amount of of disdain for anything "not invented there". IMHO my reputation as an engineer improved through the years as it really happens that USA engineers could actually design and build some things in the USA as well as they (but certainly never better). My reputation perhaps was enhanced by the fact when mistakes were found, I quietly let the German individual know about it so it could be corrected without an international incident, rather than make an ego statement proving our German counterparts were not a superace and could actually make human errors . We just didn't tell them, that every "English" piece of sales literature or technical information we received, had to be rewriten so it could be understood. It appeared the truth was there is no magic foo-foo that makes German engineers any better than those trained in another country. It depends on the training and knowledge of the individual. So, having been a pilot for over fifty years and an engineer for the same length of time and having a degree in history, perhaps I might be able to write a book about a German subject. I acknowledge that hard as we try to prevent them, our efforts surely will have some errors and will not sound as if was written by someone born over there. Apparently perfection only lives in a land across the sea. But absolute perfection takes time and who knows Mr. Achs who will publish first?

Best Regards,

Artie Bob