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Sunday Mirror newspaper clipping titled 'FREDDIE THE DREAMER' about Sir Freddie Laker from 1981 press collection

Sunday Mirror newspaper clipping titled 'FREDDIE THE DREAMER' about Sir Freddie Laker from 1981 press collection

A Sunday Mirror newspaper article from 1981 with the headline 'FREDDIE THE DREAMER' discussing Sir Freddie Laker's impact on aviation and free enterprise. The article describes Laker's journey from a small boy watching Imperial Airways biplanes in Canterbury to becoming a crusader for affordable air travel who 'cut air fares to New York by more than half' with his Skytrain service.

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