HISTORY
Skytrain
Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:00-11:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Liz Carney presents the contemporary history series.
The original low cost airline, Laker Airways, offered no-frills flying across the Atlantic - and in the late 1970s, thousands clambered aboard their Skytrain service bound for New York. Liz charts the rise and fall of Sir Freddie Laker and his dream of cheap flights for everyone.
