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Laker Airways DC-10 'Canterbury Belle' undergoing maintenance in aircraft hangar with maintenance platforms and equipment

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft named 'Canterbury Belle' positioned in a maintenance hangar with scaffolding and service platforms surrounding it. This image captures the behind-the-scenes maintenance operations that kept Sir Freddie Laker's low-cost transatlantic airline fleet operational during its pioneering years of affordable air travel.

Laker Airways DC-10 Canterbury Belle aircraft maintenance hangar Sir Freddie Laker maintenance platform scaffolding aviation history transatlantic airline 1970s McDonnell Douglas

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