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Airstream was created by Wally Byam who began building Masonite trailers in Los Angeles during the late 1920s. [2] In 1936, Byam introduced the "Airstream Clipper", which was essentially a rebadged 1935 Bowlus Road Chief, with the door relocated from the front to the side.
Wally Byam. Wallace Merle "Wally" Byam (1896-1962) was an American inventor, engineer, developer and entrepreneur most famous as one of the pioneer manufacturers of the travel trailer. He founded the company, Airstream Inc. From the 1930s until his death in 1962, Byam was a leader in developing both a romance and enthusiasm associated with the ...
Hawley Bowlus. William Hawley Bowlus (May 8, 1896 – August 27, 1967 [ 1]) was an American designer, engineer and builder of aircraft (especially gliders) and recreational vehicles in the 1930s and 1940s. Today he is most widely known for his creation of the world's first aluminum travel trailer, the Bowlus Road Chief, [ 2] which Airstream ...
Airstream Clipper (1936) Lightweight, durable, and easy to shape, aluminum transformed manufacturing in the first decades of the 20th century. Always interested in new ways of doing things, Byam ...
Bowlus was a designer, aerospace engineer and the builder of the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft. [7] From 1934 to 1936, over eighty Bowlus were built at Bowlus’ family ranch in San Fernando, California. In 1936, Wally Byam [8] who founded Airstream [9] adapted the design for the Airstream Clipper after selling Bowlus trailers. [10][11][12]
Clipper route. The clipper route, followed by ships sailing between Europe and Australia or New Zealand. In the Age of Sail, the Brouwer Route reduced the time of a voyage from The Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies from almost 12 months to about six months. The clipper route was derived from the Brouwer Route and was sailed by clipper ships ...
Clipper. Taeping, a tea clipper built in 1863. A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the late 18th century. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th-century standards, could carry ...
Retired. 1948. (76 years ago) (1948) The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. For its wing, Boeing re-used the design from the earlier XB-15 bomber prototype.