1It was the maker, and I believe it was spelled Fairey.
Ray McCrary wrote:
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> Seems that there was an aircraft called a Fairy.
> Ray
>
> or perhaps that was the maker.
>
> At 01:44 PM 12/16/97 EST, miker15@juno.com wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:29:29 -0600 Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
> >writes:
> >>At 10:01 PM 12/15/97 -0500, Steve Byers wrote:
> >
> >>That reminds me of the old tale, whether it's true or not, and
> >>that is: "Esso" meant Stop in some language. Then they changed it
> to
> >>Exxon.
> >
> >I thought it was "the sign of the double-cross!"
> >
> >There have been some pretty daft car names in the past - i mean,
> >Riley ELF or sprite or midget for that matter - can one imagine a
> >car called a "fairy" or a "dwarf" - mind you, "dwarf Susan" - hmmmm
> >Naaah - cant see it!!
> >
> >mike robson
> >69 roadster
> >70 BGT
> >72 roadster
> >
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