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Introducing talulah, our years-long wonderfully grueling travel trailer project, our customized 1956 airfloat land yacht is i nspired by 10th century moorish, art nouveau, and mid-century modern design along with our love to push limits. we completely customized this rare classic from the ground up. she is adorned inside with our handmade and repurposed wood designs. her 10,000 piece parquet floor was the inspiration to make handcrafted jewelry . scroll down to see the original trailer, process photos, and the (nearly) finished talulah. okay, you caught us, she will always be nearly finished. just one more update...then done..

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1950 Airfloat Land Yacht – Palm Springs Modernism Week 2011.

Published by dan on april 14, 2011 april 14, 2011.

If you had $65,000 to drop on a vintage trailer, you might want to pay good attention to this one. This is a 1950 Airfloat Land Yacht coming in at 24 feet long. They certainly do not make them like this anymore.

When I say they don’t make them like this, I mean like a big long can of SPAM on its side with submarine port holes for windows. Well, that what these look like to me and I think it is the nicest Airfloat I have ever seen. Wait til you get a load of what is inside.

This completely restored trailer actually has all of its original aluminum siding with over 600 hours of work put into it. Much of that surely went into polishing that corrugated aluminum. It has been lovinly named the ‘Villa Margarito’. If Mexico wasn’t so dangerous to travel into right now, this thing would be sitting beach side in San Felipe if I had the change to snatch it up.

The interior of the coach has been completely decked out with brand new mahogany paneling and custom-built mahogany cabinets. There is a very luxurious feeling you get when you step foot into this Airfloat much like what you would imagine James Bond owning if he was to buy a vintage trailer. The smooth Jame Bond like Sean Connery, not the rough and tumble Daniel Craig.

Aside from the plush leather double recliner chairs, granite counter tops, stainless sink and faucet and porcelain toilet, there is something even more special and unique about this Airfloat.

No, it’s not the double his and her beds.

Its definitely not the missing shower, even though that did intrigue me as to why the owner decided that a luxury vintage trailer didn’t need a shower. Well, to each his own I guess.

The secret actually lies beneath. Beneath this floor hatch.

A secret under-the-floor wine cellar. How cool is that!? That is taking space maximization to the extreme. Although you would think with all that space saved, there might have been room for a shower.

If you like what you see, here is the number you can call to get a closer view at this baby. Or go to there website at  www.airfloatlandyacht.com .

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Vivian Thomas Dudley · January 12, 2013 at 12:16 pm

When I was first married in 1960, my Mother gave us a 35′ Airfoat Land Yacht as a wedding gift, to live in off base at Travis AFB, CA. I forget what year it was, but looked very much like this one, though longer and it had 2 doors, one in the bedroom as well. All the wood was light ash color and the bathroom DID have a shower, though very small. The couch made a fold down bed and I had it reupholstered in a beautiful tapestry fabric. The cabinet/desk next to the couch was lighted and I kept my collection of antique tea cups there. Across from the sink there was a fold up wood table and 2 chairs and above the cabnet was a built in TV. We lived in this very comfrtable trailer until after our second son was born in 1962. Another difference I just remembered was that the window above the sink was a crank out like those above the coucn and bed, not a porthole window. We sold the trailer in 1962 and moved into a rental home near Castle AFB in Merced. I still have fond memories of our first home and often wish we had kept it. I try to remember what I did with 2 babies in that small space, but I just can’t remember. We DID have a little fold up crib, but can’t recall where they slept. I’m sure that’s why we moved into a house. I always thought of it as a luxury camper. Good memories!

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Used Caravan of the Week: 1950 Airfloat Land Yacht

Caravan Times | 20th April 2011

by Holly Tribe

This week we take a brief sojourn across the pond to see what’s available on the American used and second hand scene.

I think it’s fair to say our Yankee counterparts aren’t shy when it comes to the size and weight department, demonstrated perfectly by the Airstream travel trailer units; even the stripped down European version of the Airstream 684 weighs in with a hefty MTPLM of 2,190 kgs.

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But there is another aluminium-clad super trailer that consigns Airstream ‘vans into the shadows. The Land Yacht from the Airfloat Coach Company is another vintage behemoth that comes in at 24 feet (7.3 metres) in length and has a dry weight of 2,240kg.

Its current owners have lovingly renovated it back to its original condition, with 600 hours spent on interior restoration.

Founded by Omar Suttles in 1929, the Airfloat Coach Company is one of the oldest names in American trailer manufacturing. Airfloat trailers could be considered the Vanmaster’s of the US caravan scene in terms of luxury appointments and cost.

Models have historically been priced well over the industry standard for comparable sizes, which might go some way towards explaining the rather hefty £40,000 price tag of this week’s used caravan candidate.

Kit & caboodle:

This lovingly restored Land Yacht has the original moon hubcaps and corrugated aluminium siding, and its trademark porthole style windows running along the length of the trailer.

There’s a new refrigerator, toilet, heating, water and waste system. The kitchen has plush granite worktops and the original Dixie stove. The lighting has been redesigned with custom built light fixtures and let’s not forget about the bespoke underfloor wine cellar, and leather easy chairs!

• Price: $65,000 (£40,000)
• Dry Weight: 2,240 kg
• Axle: Single

For more information, head to www.airfloatlandyacht.com .

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1952 Airfloat

This 1952 Airfloat is a client restoration done for Waypoint Ventura, a vintage trailer hotel located in California. The Airfloat marks the fifth Flyte Camp trailer added to their unique vacation experience. The trailer was completely restored from the frame up.

The Airfloat was completely disassembled with the shell in place. There were two panels that needed repair, but the aluminum was left very close to original. The outer metal was given a wash to reinvigorate the original shine. A navy colored stripe and accessories complete the Airfloat’s nautical theme. With the outside ready to shine, the work started on the inside from the bottom with a new subfloor. Marmoleum’s Vivace in Agate created a colorful and vibrant design up close, but blended well into the trailer complimenting the other accents. 

The interior paneling was created with a high gloss interior finish on ribbon-cut sapele. The darker tones set the tone for relaxation while the countertops in Marmoleum’s Fresco Blue keep the beachy vibe of the hotel. In the front, an L- shaped sectional welcomes guests to have a seat and rest up for their next activity. The durable faux leather in Dark Sapphire Sierra Soft was created specifically for withstanding high traffic environments: perfect for this application.

The galley kitchenette was designed to accommodate overnight guests with an under-counter microwave and simple amenities. A shallow open shelf above the galley was created with the intention of offering coffee cups and wine glasses. A glass-front beverage fridge below waits to be filled with refreshments. Across from the counter, a bar height table promises a view out the window while dining. 

In the bathroom, Corian was used for the countertops and shower pan. There is a full size shower with separate entrance from the vanity/main bathroom area. A Fantastic Fan provides ventilation. A generous amount of light in these compact spaces is provided by the porthole windows. 

As you walk into the bedroom you pass a full length open closet with a top shelf for extra linens. To the left, on the bedroom side of the closet, a couple of shelves offer a place to deposit suitcases. A full size bed with dual nightstands is placed strategically to allow space for walking around the bed on both sides. 

Equipped with an A/C unit/heat pump, it’s sure to be a cool retreat from the local weather. As the trailer was delivered before they were ready to install it, the finishing touches such as blinds, mattress and other welcoming items had to wait. We are looking forward to seeing this trailer available to rent. 

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Airfloat Coach Manufacturing Co, Los Angeles, California

From Joe Peplinski – Airstream Club Historian:

I believe the claim that Airfloat started in 1930 may not be correct and the noted single factory location at 1600 E. 7 th  St.  is definitely not correct.  The earliest Airfloat ads in the L.A. Times that I was able to find (see attached) were dated in June 1935. The Airfloat factory address is 720 S. Lake St. in those June 1935 to April 1937 L.A. Times ads, but that address was a parking for a Switzer’s Ladies’ Apparel Shop on 1930 and 1931 and was something else altogether by November 1938.  Unless other evidence exists, I suspect that Airfloat likely began in 1934 or early 1935 and it seems that starting in mid-April 1937 Airfloats were sold by dealers, not at the factory lot and that by late 1938 the Airfloat factory likely had moved from 720 S. Lake Street to a currently unknown other location (possibly 1600 E Seventh St., but so far unconfirmed). There was an Airfloat displayed at the April 1936 (3 rd  annual) Outing Show at the Automobile Club of Southern California, which is sometimes mis-identified as simply the 1936 LA Trailer show, but in reality was the Outing Show that was about all types of outdoor activities.  There is too little information available to know if an Airfloat was displayed at the 1934 or 1935 LA Outing shows (maybe yes, maybe no).  At the 1936 Outing Show, an Airfloat was displayed right next to the first Airstream Clipper (that had been completed in January 1936). I have not studied Airfloat in the 1940s and 1950s other than to accidentally discover that there were Airfloats delivered to the FSA Camp at San Diego along with Airstreams in or after April 1941 while doing Airstream research.  The photos of Airfloats in this camp were taken in May 1941″ —

Omar Suttles put the Airfloat travel-trailer into production in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. His port-hole window Airfloat Trailer Coach is one of the oldest names in the history of American trailer coach manufacturing. Airfloat built trailers at its 1600 East Seventh St. location in downtown Los Angeles. In 1942 Airfloat began offering a 24 ft. model called the Commodore 3rd Wheel which was fitted with a front wheel. This ingenious device, invented by Suttles himself and marketed by Atwood Manufacturing, consisted of one or two wheels attached to the underside of the tongue and coupler which greatly reduced the tongue weight on the tow vehicle. They are also called “dolly” and “Slimp” wheels. Third wheels became standard equipment on all Airfloats from about 1947, continuing though 1955, except on their smallest model introduced in 1951, the Skipper.

Also, from 1947 on, the company switched from using Masonite to aluminum for the exterior skin, with corrugated panels above and below flat areas that ran along the windows. In addition, 1947 was the first year that the yacht-style, “double-door” system to separate the rear bedroom from the rest of the coach was introduced. There are no bedroom doors, per se, however when rearward closet doors on both the street side and curb side are opened at the same time they come together in the center of the coach to magically become the bedroom doors. Airfloat coach was one of the most expensive post-war trailer coaches available.

It was actually an Airfloat coach that was the inspiration for the original book “The Long, Long, Trailer” by Clinton “Buddy” Twiss. In 1949 Mr. and Mrs Twiss purchased a 28 ft. Landyacht for their Great Adventure. However, a 1953 Redman New Moon 32′ was used in the 1954 film of the same name, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Airfloat Coach Company’s 25th Anniversary came in 1955 and to mark this momentous occasion Airfloat began anodizing the exterior aluminum of some trailers in a gold color. By 1957 all Airfloats were gold anodized. In addition, in an apparent effort to provide more light and air, and because the port-hole windows never opened, the company added more and more square windows which opened for ventilation.

In 1956 Suttles retired and Airfloat produced its last trailer in 1957.

Omar Suttles was inducted into the Rv/MH Hall of Fame in 1974. He was one of the founders of the TCA – Trailer Coach Association, a predecessor of the RVIA – Recreational Vehicle Industry Association

Years built

The Airfloat Trailer Coach Company

Master  17ft,  Commander  17ft,  President  18ft,  Custom  20ft

Master  17ft,  President  18ft,  Custom  20ft

Master  17ft,  President  18ft,  Senator  19ft,  Admiral  21ft,  Commodore  24ft

Admiral  21ft,  Commodore  24ft

From 1943 through 1945 Airfloat only built coaches for the war effort in the breadloaf style.

Landyacht  20ft,  Landyacht  23ft

Landyacht 20  24ft,  Landyacht 22  26ft,  Landyacht 24  28ft

Skipper  17ft,  Custom Landyacht  28ft

Skipper  18ft,  Navigator  20ft,  Custom Landyacht  28ft,  Flagship  35ft

Skipper  18ft,  Navigator  20ft,  Cruiser  25ft,  Custom Landyacht  28ft,  Flagship  35ft

Navigator  20ft,  Jr. Landyacht  20ft,  Cruiser  25ft , Landyacht  28ft,  Landyacht  30ft,  Flagship  35ft

Navigator  20ft,  Landyacht  30ft,  Flagship  35ft,  Presidential Landyacht  45ft

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1955 Airfloat Cruiser

1957 Airfloat Landyacht

1957 AIRFLOAT

Be a high roller: Step inside Airfloat’s “Flagship” model and into Las Vegas circa 1957. In it’s day, this enormous trailer was the pinnacle of elegance and amenities in travel trailers in the 1950’s. Sit back and listen to the Rat Pack on an original phonograph.

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1950 Airfloat  http://dougsvintagetrailers.com/trailers

1955 Airfloat Navigator  http://www.vintage-vacations.com/1955_airfloat_navigator.htm

1956 Airfloat  http://www.pbase.com/orangecones/airfloat

Henry Wallace’s 1938 Airfloat  http://www.thewallacecollection.net/html/1938_airfloat.html

Airfloat Flagship  http://www.flickr.com/photos/stimpson5000/3350072553/

1950 Airfloat  http://dougsvintagetrailers.com/1950_airfloat_

1956 Airfloat Land Yacht  http://everyonecandance.com/56_Airfloat.html

1948 Airfloat 28ft https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0817-300272/1948-airfloat-28-travel-trailer/

The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova  (Moscow, Russian Federation).  (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Kharis Mustafin  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Irina Alborova  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Alina Matzvai  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected]

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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

Location	approximately 2km west of the city centre
Website	Monastery - http://savvastor.ru Museum - http://zvenmuseum.ru/

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