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Discovery for the photo. Scott Coleman, Rochester, NY, spotted a photo in
the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of a Series Rover clearing snow off
the ice on a local lake. In an Outside GO article on skiing in Japan, they featured
a custom snowboard crafter with his Defender 110, reports Jeremy
Bergeron, Colorado Springs, CO. Kevin Thayer, Abingdon, VA, noted that
Yokohama still uses Land Rovers in their tire ads.
Movie producers always love to include Land Rovers. Andy Rigo,
Medford, MA, “sat through” Marley and Me with his girlfriend, Carine.
There’s a quick view of a Series Rover in an Ireland scene (which he
thoughtfully pointed out to her; some eye rolling followed). Dr. Susan
Godwin, Fairbanks, AK, spotted the Dalai Lama stepping out of a Range
Rover Classic in a documentary, which to her said “simple, rugged and
regal, a fitting car for the Tibetan Buddhist monk.” Steven Hutchison,
Hendersonville, TN, Don Seder, Dacula, GA, and Earl Ingalls, Longmont,
CO, noted that the shallow leads in Four Christmases drove a Range Rover.
Sigh…
Lots of readers saw the predictable Land Rover in the desert scenes of
NBC’s The Last Templar. Thanks to Marc Fails, Palmyra, PA, Greg Vogel,
Monkton, MD, Leslie Bright, Kingsport, TN, Craig Crenshaw, Port
Arthur, TX, Len Fagan, Willis, VA, David Weaber, Eaton, CO, Jim Gabor,
Rochester, MN, Jay Campney, Charlestown, RI, James Dargan, Plymouth,
MA, and Jerome Joanio, Broomfield, CO. Other movies watched by
Sighters, but mentioned before, include Death Sentence, seen by Craig
Miller, Wargames 2, seen by Michael Libott, Burbank, CA, and Eagle Eye,
seen by Derek Leath.
William Prillaman, Irvington, VA, spotted a South African Land
Rover in the UVA Alumni magazine, on the Sweet Briar College Alumni travel
brochure, and in the “House of Saddam” series. Michael Jablonski,
Longmont, CO, spotted a Defender 110 in use in Chile in a publication of
Colorado Trout Unlimited. Paul Schram, Churubusco, IN, spotted an LR3
towing a “caravan” on a web site for TAB camper trailers.
David Williamson [See Rule #6] has a friend whose a writer for an
NBC miniseries called “Meteor” in which a yellow D-90 falls victim to a,
well, meteor. Michael Bondmass, Las Vegas, NV, watched SUV’s roll down
a hill on “Most Shocking” and noted that a Defender 90 was sent to tow the
failed vehicles away. Scott Pappas watched a History Channel program
on Navy SEALS chasing Columbian drug lords, who drove a
Range Rover P38-A.
Samuel Conder, Cumming, GA, watched Running the Sahara and saw
Series Rovers and a Range Rover supporting the runners. Shawn
Chummar, Beaverton, OR, watched a rerun of The Sentinel, who drove a
red D-90. Mark Fails, Palmyra, PA, noted a Folgers commercial that
staged a peacekeeping scene featuring a Defender 110. Dave Bowman,
Orange, VA, spotted a Discovery in Honduras in an episode of House
Hunters International. Michael Libott, Burbank, CA, also watched Mega
Disasters and watched a Discovery racing to witness an explosion.
Watching a repeat of Prison Break, Loic Fabro, noted the good guys
drive a Range Rover Sport. In a less illustrious moment, a Range Rover
Classic provides the foil in a You Tube video, noted Steven Walls, Baton
Rouge, LA. Randy Kremer watched the Mickey Mouse Playhouse at 8 am
and though he spotted Mickey in a Series I with an egg frying on the bonnet.
Pete Thompson, Crownsville, MD, and Agnes Thewlis watched
Grey’s Anatomy repeats and spotted the McDreamy in his Series Rover.
Steve Keller watched Babylon 5 and noted the Land Rovers. Kevin
Fennessy, North Andover, MA, spotted the old Mastercard ad with Series
Land Rovers.
Mike Dunkelburger read a January issue of Steamboat Pilot &
Today and spotted a Zirkel Trading ad with a Rover. James Pitts, Dallas,
GA, read a column in Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in which the columnist,
“who hunts all over the world,” leans on the front of a Defender – very
rare! Steve Andrews, Easton, MD, read an article on sustainable organic
farming in Ecuador in Home Power magazine, that sadly featured a very
stuck Series II-A. Sheila Simmons, Austin, TX, noted a Defender in the
corner of the cover of Jaguar Driver magazine. Charles Lewinsohn, Salt
Lake City, UT, noted that when MIT needed a car to compete in the robotic
automobile competition, they chose an LR3, as noted in the MIT News.
We don’t usually report “personal Sightings” but LCDR Ed
McDonnell, Long Beach, NY, sent us a great photo of a Defender 110 and
an LR3 in use by the Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T [British Indian Overseas
Territory] police department. Jim Senior sent us a “reverse sighting” in
which Rachel Maddow of MSNBC reported of an American kidnapped in
Pakistan “from his Land Rover,” which turned out to be a Land Cruiser in
the video.
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Sightings Winners:
Timothy Lassiter
Centreville, VA
Robert Alley
Kennesaw, GA
Dick Newton
Charlestown, RI
Dave Bowman
Orange, VA
Paul Schram
Churubusco, IN
Earl Ingalls
Longmont, CO
Steve Hill
Hixson, TN
Tessa jones
Fairview, NC
Robert Levelle
Clarkston, WA
Michael Willaford
Raleigh, NC
Scott Coleman
Rochester, NY
Charles Thompson
Fayette, MO
Sherry Block
Hadlyme, CT
Thoams Castaldo
Lakewood, NY
John Keeney
Lanham, MD
Maurice Patrykus
Ventura CA
Don Seder
Dacula, GA
Kim Conn
Snohomish, WA
Allen de Stieguer
Vashon, WA
Greg Vogel
Monkton, MD
Leslie Bright
Kingsport, TN
Paul Duray
Rockville, MD
Steven Hutchison
Hendersonville, TN
Christopher Strub
Fairfax, VA
Stephen Zwerling
Canada
Ross Newcombe
Fairbanks, AK
James Dargan
Plymouth, MA
Jeff Pearl
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Jeremy Bergeron
Colorado Springs, CO
Andrew Draxler
Locust, NJ
David Downing
Springfield, MO
Tony Sims
Beaverton, OR
Jeff Foland
Clarksville, OJ
John Stine
Briarcliff Manor, NY
Susannah & Ivan Via
Fishersville, VA
Nick Kosiek
Orange Park, FL
Greg Akiin
Abilene, TX
Chris Schramm
Norcross, GA
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