- 1. Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:05:26 +0100
- I promise you there are more than 3 Spitfires in the UK! But I think their rarity is part of their appeal. As you say, there are MGBs on every street corner, but it isn't often that you come across
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00177.html (8,313 bytes)
- 2. RE: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:37:24 -0700
- Why are they so rare in the UK???? I would think the name 'Spitfire' on a car would be revered in the UK. After all it was one of the two main fighter aircraft that saved England during the Battle of
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00232.html (9,245 bytes)
- 3. Re: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:07:42 -0700
- I thought that more spits were sent to the US than stayed in GB during the years of manufacture. Laura G. (actually, the their street
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00235.html (10,155 bytes)
- 4. Re: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:51:22 -0400 ()
- I think you're right about that, and often by a ratio of around 4:1 or better (with US getting the 4 or better)! --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * *
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00238.html (7,730 bytes)
- 5. RE: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: Davies William-qswi646 <QSWI646@email.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:38:28 +0100
- Strangely enough (going off topic a bit now), though the Hurricane accounted for more German Aircraft shot down, more German Pilots claimed to have been shot down by Spitfires, even when there is ev
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00261.html (8,648 bytes)
- 6. Re: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:04:53 +0100
- I believe that's true for the cars - not sure about the planes, thought! (But you also have to consider that the population of the US is considerably larger than the population of the UK.) I think yo
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00263.html (7,643 bytes)
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