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5 unusual facts about Zephyr


Googie architecture

During the 1930s, trains and Lincoln-Zephyrs had been advanced technology, and Streamline Moderne paralleled their smooth simplified aerodynamic exteriors.

Lincoln-Zephyr

A 1937 Coupe-Sedan is used for the Black Beauty in both The Green Hornet (serial) and The Green Hornet Strikes Again!.

It is noted for being one of the first successful streamlined cars after the Chrysler Airflow's market failure.

New Orleans Zephyrs

In 1985, the team name was changed to the Denver Zephyrs, after the famous passenger train.

Pyramid Motors

The building presented, like the Lincoln-Zephyr that the dealership sold, a streamlined, “modern” appearance in the Art Deco style.


American Royal Zephyr

This CB&Q Zephyr was named for the American Royal, one of the Midwest’s largest and oldest livestock exhibition, professional rodeo, and horse show.

Charles Didelot

He became the first choreographer who brought a ballerina posing on the pointe - in 1815 in the ballet Flora and Zephyr (1815, Paris), the main parts: Geneviève Gosselin - Flora, Albert (dancer) - Zephyr, it was not dancing on the pointe, but it was the first release on the pointe (Geneviève Gosselin).

EMD E5

This equipment was used in the production of the 1992 film A League of Their Own, and for the 2006 film Flags of Our Fathers, E5 9911A Silver Pilot was used with 4 stainless steel passenger cars relettered to resemble the Zephyr trainset.

Fanzz

Fanzz has vendor relationships with companies like Reebok, Nike, Adidas, Spalding, Majestic, New Era, Top of the World, Zephyr, and over 60 others, selling licensed team and player gear from teams in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NHL sports leagues.

George Whittell High School

The school is named after late millionaire George Whittell, Jr. who purchased the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe for his mansion, the Thunderbird Lodge and donated land to the University of Nevada, Reno and the CDP of Zephyr Cove.

Hyacinthus orientalis

In Greek mythology, Hyakinthos was a young man admired by Apollo and Zephyr, but killed by a discus in a jealous fight between the two gods; a flower was allegedly named after him when it sprang from his blood.

MyTracks

Sync with third party bio-metric sensors (Zephyr HxM, Polar WearLink, and Ant+ compatible heart rate and speed distance monitors)

Operation Downfall

The 35 landing beaches were all named for automobiles: Austin, Buick, Cadillac through Stutz, Winton, and Zephyr.

Peggy Oki

She was on the original Zephyr skateboard team also known Z-Boys.

Radio Flyer

The "Zephyr", produced in the 1930s, paid homage to the Chrysler Airflow.

Silver Streak Zephyr

The new train was named Silver Streak Zephyr for the train portrayed in the Paramount Motion Picture The Silver Streak, with the starring role by the Pioneer Zephyr.

Skip Engblom

Engblom sponsored the Z-Boys (the Zephyr skate team) including Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta.

The Silver Streak

A limited number (350 HO scale and 250 N scale) of these bore the nameplates of the Silver Streak from the motion picture instead of the standard Burlington Zephyr nameplates.

The Tenth Circle

The book was made into a Lifetime Network movie of the week which premiered June 28, 2008 at 9pm Eastern, and starred Kelly Preston as Laura, Ron Eldard as Daniel, Haley Beauchamp as Zephyr, Jamie Johnston as Jason, Geordie Brown as Moss, and Brittany Robertson as Trixie, from Sony Pictures Television.

Washoe Zephyr

The Washoe Zephyr first gained notoriety from a passage written by Mark Twain in his book Roughing It.

William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock

Joining the navy at age 13 in 1766, Waldegrave rose rapidly through the ranks, receiving his own command, the Zephyr in 1775, and being promoted to Vice-Admiral in 1795.

WMTI

The last song he played on the Zephyr was "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sara Brightman.

Zephyr Quartet

The Zephyr Quartet is a string quartet based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Zephyr has received tuition from the Takács Quartet, the Australian String Quartet and at the National Academy of Music, performed at festivals including the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Barossa Music Festival and the Glenelg Jazz Festival and has presented concert series in 2004 and 2005 to great critical acclaim.

Zephyr Technology

In 2011, Under Armour partnered with Zephyr to monitor athletes during the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine.

More recently, Zephyr has partnered with organizations including Massachusetts General Hospital, the National Institutes of Health, Qualcomm, Verizon Wireless, and 3M to develop and launch ZephyrLIFE - one of the first commercially available comprehensive remote patient monitoring systems for general care monitoring.


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