V, germans did not invent the jet engine. it was invented by an englishman sir frank whittle, i personally know that for my grandmother was his cook and she told me all about sir frank a long time ago.
as far as the avatar goes, you know it's provocative, whatever else could you call it? whether it's a german hat or not is irrelevant, it's not of good taste and i believe it's there for that reason. tomi.