Laker Airways DC-10 aircraft receiving ceremonial water cannon salute on airport tarmac with fire trucks

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft receives a ceremonial water cannon salute from airport fire trucks on the tarmac. This type of salute was typically performed for inaugural flights or special occasions during Laker Airways' operations in the 1970s and early 1980s, when Sir Freddie Laker revolutionized transatlantic travel with his low-cost Skytrain service.