Laker Airways DC-10 aircraft G-BGXG in flight, black and white photograph showing distinctive livery with Union Jack

A Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft photographed in flight during the airline's operational period. This image captures one of Sir Freddie Laker's wide-body aircraft that were central to his revolutionary low-cost transatlantic service, Skytrain, which challenged established airline pricing in the 1970s.

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Gallery: 1940s - 1960s
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Archive: Sir Freddie Laker Historical Society

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