RE: [VAL] Atomic Airstream

["Forrest McClure" <rollie51@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To all,

I am hoping to find the Airstream used in the A-Bomb test back in May
of 1955. The test Airstream appears to be an early 1954 California
built 22' Safari. The year and model can be identified by the photos
of it that show it with bee-hive marker lights mounted on the sides of
the end panels (discontinued in early 1954), a 9 panel rear end cap
(called a Dutchman or Whale Tail) used exclusively on California built
Airstreams from 1954 to 1957, and three adjacent street side windows
(used only on the Safari). If this Airstream still exists the current
owner might not know if it is the one used in the bomb test, so if any
of you know someone who owns a California built 1954 22' Safari could
you give me their name?

Thank you,

Forrest McClure
VAC Librarian and Archive Historian