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Handwritten letter on blue paper discussing affordable air travel, mentioning £125 return ticket price and Laker Airways

Handwritten letter on blue paper discussing affordable air travel, mentioning £125 return ticket price and Laker Airways

A handwritten letter on blue notepaper from a passenger praising affordable transatlantic air travel. The writer mentions paying £125 for a return ticket to visit an American friend on Long Island and expresses gratitude for making aviation accessible to ordinary people, likely referencing Sir Freddie Laker's revolutionary low-cost Skytrain service.

handwritten letter passenger correspondence Laker Airways Skytrain affordable air travel £125 ticket transatlantic flight Long Island blue notepaper customer testimonial 1970s aviation democratization

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