Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft in flight showing distinctive livery and registration G-AZZD

A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide-body aircraft photographed in flight wearing the distinctive Laker Airways livery. This aircraft was part of Sir Freddie Laker's revolutionary Skytrain service that offered low-cost transatlantic flights in the 1970s and early 1980s, challenging established airlines with affordable no-frills travel between London and New York.