Airstream
Airstream is a brand of luxury recreational vehicle manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio, USA. It is a division of Thor Industries. The company, which now employs more than 475 people, is the oldest in the industry. Airstream trailers are easily recognized by the distinctive shape of their rounded aluminum bodies. This shape dates back to the 1930s and is based on designs created by Hawley Bowlus. Bowlus had overseen construction of Charles Lindbergh's aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.
History
The company was created by Wally Byam, a lawyer by training, who began building trailers out of Masonite in his backyard in Los Angeles during the late 1920s. Byam published a magazine selling "how-to" kits to customers wishing to build their own trailers. After helping market Hawley Bowlus' trailer, Byam acquired the struggling Bowlus Company. In 1936, Byam introduced the "Airstream Clipper", which was essentially a rebadged 1935 Bowlus, with the door relocated from the front to the side. The design cut down on wind resistance and thus improved fuel efficiency. It was the first of the now familiar sausage-shaped, silver aluminum Airstream trailers. The first Airstream, called the "Clipper" in 1936, was named after the first trans-Atlantic seaplane. It slept four, carried its own water supply, was fitted with electric lights and cost $1,200. Of more than 400 travel trailer builders operating in 1936, Airstream was the sole survivor of the Depression. During World War II, travel became a luxury most could not afford and non-military industries faced an acute aluminum shortage. When World War II ended, the economy boomed, and people's attention once again turned towards leisure travel. Byam's company went back into production in 1948. In July 1952, a new facility in Jackson Center, Ohio, was established. 1979 saw the last Airstreams to be manufactured in California.
Airstream (disambiguation)
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See also
Keep Your Wig On
Keep Your Wig On is the fourth studio album released by the rock band Fastball. It was released by the indie label "Rykodisc" and the record was mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Track listing
Personnel
The European version of Keep Your Wig On has a bonus track, "High Low".
References
Podcasts:
Airstream
ALBUMS
- Chillout & The City released: 2008
- Chill House Tokyo released: 2007
- Cancun Lounge released: 2007
- Lounge del Mare - Chillout Cafe Pearls, Volume 1 released: 2007
- Ibiza Chillout: Music to Relax and Dream released: 2006
- The World of Chillin' Lounge, Vol. 2 released: 2005
- The Mystic Art of Chill, Volume 1 released: 2005
- Chillin' Dreams released: 2005
- Dream Café released: 2004
- Kaffeehaus Lounge, Volume 1 released: 2003
- The Mystic Experience, Volume 1: Gregorian Voices and Sacred Sounds released: 2003
- Cafe Oriental released: 2002
- Zen Connection released: 2002
- From Trip Hop to Nu Jazz: A Smooth Transition, Volume 1 released: 2001
- Stolar Tracks, Volume 1 released: 1992
- b-lounge: Musik zum Entspannen und Regenerieren released:
- Salon Ambiente 02 released:
Chillout & The City
Released 2008- Merr Go Round (Beat Cut)
- Come 2 Mykonos (Def Groove Cut)
- I Can Fly (Beachflow Cut)
- Camel Ride (Desert Groove Mix)
- Fading Sunshine (Horizon Mix)
- El Calor (Chillhouse Mix)
- Funk Bass (Radio Mix)
- Siempre (Discohouse Cut)
- Make It Allright (Sungrrove)
- Beautiful Dreamin (Vocal Mix) (feat. Jenny Kiwool)
- Fly Away Now (Vocalhouse Mix)
- La Noche (Smooth Latin Groove Mix)
- High Groove (Oriental Jam Cut)
- Sometimes I Feel It (Radio House Mix)
Lounge del Mare - Chillout Cafe Pearls, Volume 1
Released 2007- 11 O'Clock (Pure Beach cut)
- Passing Dolphins (Cool Sax mix)
- Solitude Charmante (Level One)
- Mo's Rebeat (Jazzybell mix)
- El Calor (Patrick Marsh Chill Out mix)
- Landpartie (A Touch of Gregorian mix)
- Stoned Love (Jazzomatic mix)
- Costa Del Sol (Sunshine mix)
- Circling Elements (Down by the Sea mix)
- Time of Passion (Guitar mix)
- Siesta Del Sol (Laid Back Summer cut)
- Electra (Religion cut)
- When da Sun Is Gone (Relaxation mix)
Ibiza Chillout: Music to Relax and Dream
Released 2006- Natural Beauty
- Angels With You
- Letter From Paris
- Breath
- East of Eden's Gate (Over the Clouds mix)
- Birds Eye View (Nature mix)
- Ancient Reflections (Dreamsphere mix)
- Phobos (Spheric Energy mix)
- Dreams and Scenes (Wellnes mix)
- Sunday Chill (Full acoustic mix)
- Moments in Love (Ambient mix)
- Artico Purcente (Orbit mix)
Chillin' Dreams
Released 2005- What the Memories Say (Sunfade mix)
- Phobos (Spheric Energy mix)
- Share Your Dreams (Dreamzone mix)
- Once There Was a Girl (Atmosphere mix)
- Mercury (Fantasia mix)
- Infinity, Eternity, Extasy, (Chill Mix)
- No Limits (Ambient Dream mix)
- Karen's Balade (short Relaxation mix)
- World Colours (Downstairs Mix)
- Kamasutra (short Ambiance mix)
- Sounds (Chill Out Relax mix)
- 88 Heartbeat (original mix)
- Supermodel (Da Chill mix)
- Monumental Dreams (Total Eclipse cut)
b-lounge: Musik zum Entspannen und Regenerieren
- Get Down (Jazzmatic mix)
- Take Your Time (Full Relaxed mix)
- Rain (Atmosphere mix)
- Extatic Chill (Soulsession mix)
- In Heaven (Sad Mood mix)
- Perfect Evolution (Da Chill mix)
- Le Monde (Spheric Dream cut)
- Le Sens de La Vie (Tripnotized mix)
- Les Paysages (Relax mix)
- Dream On (Far Away mix)
- Particular (piano Sea Chill session)
- Sell Him Your Soul (Coolwater mix)
- Flyways (Lounge mix)
- Chillin' Guitar (Trippin' mix)
Airstream
by: Vandalsdriving in our airstream
we're a band on the road
with equipment, roadies, a manager
we've got a heavy load
airstream! airstream! airstream!
get out of my lane!
airstream! airstream! airstream!
on our way to your town
cause you've never seen us play
with our airstream's aerodynamic design
we should be there any day
airstream! airstream! airstream!
get out of my lane!
airstream! airstream! airstream!
airstream is so shinny
and it's made out of aluminum
you can't tell if it's a '64
or an '81
I know that it's American made
So my chest just swells with pride
Then I grab that stainless steel handle
And I pull myself inside
double insulation
diamond tuck n roll
toilet, shower, refrigerator
we're completely self contained
airstream! airstream! airstream!
get out of my lane!
airstream! airstream! airstream!
airstream is so beautiful
we can hardly keep the foxes out
when we round that final corner
we can hear them shout