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Airstream was founded by Wally Byam, who began building Masonite trailers in his backyard in Los Angeles during the late 1920s. Byam, a lawyer by training, published a magazine selling "how-to" kits to customers wishing to build their own trailers. He then acquired the struggling Bowlus Company. In 1936 Byam introduced the "Airstream Clipper", which was essentially a rebadged 1935 Bowlus, with the door relocated. The design cut down on wind resistance and thus improved gas mileage. It was the first of the now familiar sausage-shaped, silver aluminum Airstream trailer. Of more than 400 trailer builders operating in 1936, Airstream was the only one to survive 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 is now based in Jackson Center. The company presently manufactures approximately 2,000 trailers and motorhomes per year. Currently, Airstream produces several models: Sport, Flying Cloud, DWR (Design Within Reach), International and Classic Limited. Trailer sizes can range between 16 ft to 34 ft (4.9 to 10.3 m). Slide out models are available in the 30 ft (9.1 m) and 34 ft (10.3 m) Classic Limited. Airstream also manufactures 3 models for the European market.
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