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Daily Record newspaper article from June 22, 1984 about Virgin Atlantic launch with pilots and flight attendant photos
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Daily Record newspaper article from June 22, 1984 about Virgin Atlantic launch with pilots and flight attendant photos

A Daily Record newspaper feature from June 22, 1984, titled 'Power to the people' focusing on Virgin Atlantic's launch of cheap transatlantic flights, competing in the market that Sir Freddie Laker had pioneered with Laker Airways. The article includes photos of Virgin pilots in an aircraft cockpit and a flight attendant celebrating the PEOPLExpress service launch.

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