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2. Spirit of Ecstasy - Wikipedia

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   Eleanor Velasco Thornton posing next to Montagu's Silver Ghost, circa 1911. On the bonnet is seen the Spirit of Ecstasy.. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called Eleanor, Silver Lady, or Flying Lady, was designed by Sykes, a graduate of London's Royal College of Art, and carries with it a story about secret passion between Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the ...

3. Charles Robinson Sykes - Wikipedia

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   The Spirt of Ecstasy also called Emilie Sculptured by Charles Robinson Sykes. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of ''The Car'' magazine from 1902) and his secret ...

4. Hood ornament - Wikipedia

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   There is a collector's market for hood ornaments and car mascots. [49] [50] [51] [self-published source] One of the most sought-after is the Nash Petty Hood Ornament, with one of the most largest followers of all hood ornament collectors. [52] To satisfy collectors, reproduction castings of the "Flying Lady" are being made from the original ...

5. Eleanor Thornton - Wikipedia

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   She became his mistress and they had an illegitimate daughter, Joan Eleanor Thornton, whom she gave up for adoption. Thornton posed for sculptor Charles Sykes and may [1] have been the model for his Spirit of Ecstasy, [2] which is used as the bonnet/hood ornament on cars manufactured by Rolls-Royce, as well as a precursor sculpture, The Whisperer.

6. Flying Lady - Wikipedia

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   Flying Lady may be: Flying Lady (TV series), a British 1987–1989 TV series; Spirit of Ecstasy, the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars;

7. Soldiers return the love to ailing Fort Hood 'hug lady' in ...

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   Meet 83-year-old Elizabeth Laird, who just may be the sweetest lady in the entire world. This kind soul from Copperas Cove, Texas has greeted nearly every soldier that has passed through Fort Hood ...