Laker Airways DC-10 aircraft in flight showing white fuselage with red Skytrain livery and Laker branding

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft photographed in flight, displaying the distinctive white fuselage with red cheatline and 'Skytrain' branding that became synonymous with Sir Freddie Laker's revolutionary low-cost transatlantic service. This image captures one of the wide-body jets that Laker Airways operated on their pioneering no-frills routes between the UK and United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.