Re: [A/S] Local Story

["Tom Patterson" <pattersontom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is my understanding that Beatrice did sell Airstream to Thompson in 1979,
but maybe it was 1980.  Here is a quote from Forbes.com

"Thor was born in 1980 when Thompson and a friend, Peter Orthwein, persuaded
Beatrice Foods to sell them Airstream, which was struggling badly, for $7.5
million, all borrowed from the seller. ("Thor" is a combination of the first
two letters of Thompson and Orthwein, not the god of thunder.) It was an
awful time for the RV industry. The market had fallen by half in 1979, a
year of the gas lines, and by half again in 1980."

-Tom