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- Flying Cloud is the model name of our 1963 Airstream... now at large (but often just parked) in the 38th state.
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Daddy Needs a Drink by Rob Wilder
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- Our Flying Cloud was built in Santa Fe Springs, California around 1962. Airstream manufactured the Flying Cloud model from 1950-1963, so this one was the end of the line.
- It was originally registered as #11229 in the Wally Byam Caravan Club International, or so we have heard.
- We took over this blog along with the trailer from the previous owners. We are the Flying Cloud's fifth owners.
- An ad for a 1958 Flying Cloud.
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troubleshooting
If you are wondering what we are doing with the Airstream, we actually have been working on it to get things fixed, functioning, cleaned, organized, decorated, etc... All that fun stuff. Well, the decorating part is fun.
Anyway, yesterday we got the first problem fixed. We found out that after about two days without being plugged in, the invertor goes into hibernation and does not wake up without manually disconnecting the invertor from the battery. (Sound like a familiar problem to Vista users? Grrrr.) Meaning, even when sitting in the garage, we'd have to keep the trailer plugged in all the time. Michael only went through this tedious disconnect/reconnect process once before deciding this was unsat. The manufacturer of the invertor said this problem is easily fixed with a software upgrade, which the trailer was long overdue for. So, the software is now upgraded and our initial testing indicates problem solved!
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