Triumph must have weighed the this same issue when it ran the ad. They
chose to make the association and I think most people "get it" without being
offended.
Terry Banbury
Mk III
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> From: Rob Travis[SMTP:sixt6spitfire@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: Rob Travis
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:23 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Club name and image
>
>
> Although I mostly lurk, but would consider joining a club devoted to
> Triumph
> Spitfires, I agree with Bill. I personally would shy away from the
> emphasis
> on the military aspect, not to lessen the impact that the pilots played,
> even to the point of giving their lives. When I think of my spitfire it is
>
> usually in a more lighthearted venue.
>
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