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Laker Airways DC-10 'Canterbury Belle' undergoing maintenance in aircraft hangar with scaffolding and workers

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 named 'Canterbury Belle' sits in a maintenance hangar surrounded by scaffolding and technical equipment. This aircraft was part of Sir Freddie Laker's revolutionary Skytrain service that pioneered low-cost transatlantic flights in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Laker Airways DC-10 Canterbury Belle Sir Freddie Laker aircraft maintenance hangar Skytrain 1970s 1980s McDonnell Douglas aviation history

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