John-Rhys Davies owned a white TR6 untill quite recently-it's on a lot in
Van Nuys now-sold it because he got too big to fit in it! (Or so the lot
owner told me...)
Well, at least it's a TR!
Laura G. and Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt Fogle <foglew@hotmail.com>
To: <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Famous Spitfire owners?
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> Andrew:
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> A few weeks ago I saw an ad in the VTR classifieds for a Spitfire that was
> owned by Tippy Hedron (of the Hitchcock movie, "The Birds" fame. It was
> being sold by a California owner.
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> Sorry, no movie scenes come to mind.
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> Best regards,
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> Walt Fogle
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> >From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
> >Reply-To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
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> >Subject: Famous Spitfire owners?
> >Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:20:34 -0400 ()
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> >Help, all! I need a relatively quick reply on this (tell you what it's
all
> >about later). I'm trying to think of famous owners (past or present) of
> >Spitfires, particularly the later (1971 on) models. Can anyone help? Oh,
> >and by famous I mean a name that would be generally recognizable to the
> >public (sadly, that excludes yours truly, and even you Barry! :-) ). I
> >recall that Uri Geller once owned one, but perhaps there is someone even
> >better known?
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> >Also, I don't have such archives handy. Can anyone name a popular movie
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> >which a later Spitfire is prominently seen? (Again, I'm thinking more
> >along the lines of as visible as was the stubborn Mini in "Four Weddings
> >and a Funeral", not something like "oh, yeah, way in the distance, for
> >about half a second, you could almost make out a Spitfire on the
Schlossen
> >Cutoff in the movie..."
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> >Austin Powers (either film), perhaps?
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> >Thanks. Again, I need a relatively quick reply, as in today or by early
> >next week if possible.
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> >--Andy
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