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To all of those who think highly of the BMIHT
I have written to the above organization in an effort to clear up some
conflicts that I have encountered in data that has been provided to the
Spitfire database. Below is a reply that I received. I interpret it as
saying in no uncertain terms, "We have the information and we use it to
raise money, therefore we would be crazy to give it to you so you could
post it on the internet for the benefit of all those who care." In
short, the BMIHT seems to exist for the purpose of raising money not for
the promotion of historic cars as claimed.
But I encourage each of you to read the reply for yourself and see if
you agree with my summation. All comments are welcome.
Regards,
Joe Curry
--
"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible
to travel across the country coast to coast without seeing
anything." -- Charles Kuralt
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:00:40 -0500
From: Les Davies <Les_Davies@compuserve.com>
Subject: Spitfire Database
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
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Thankyou for your recent request for information for your Internet
database.
As you are probably aware, we are a charity which uses its archive of
historical information as part of our fund-raising activities. It would
not seem sensible, therefore, for us to release much of that data for
general public access.
However, if there are specific questions to which you require answers we
should be pleased to try to respond.
If you would address your questions by post or fax to our Archive
Department (address below), we shall reply in as much detail as possible.=
As regards sponsorship, once again, as a charitable activity, that is not=
possible.
We are very interested in your web site and would suggest you visit ours =
at
some time - www.stratford.co.uk/bmiht/
Thank you for your interest.
Regards,
Les Davies
BMIHT
Heritage Motor Centre
Gaydon, UK
CV35 0BJ
Tel: 44-(0)1926-641188
Fax: 44-(0)1926-641555
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