Freddie Laker Wins Aviation's 2002 Tony Jannus Award

Freddie Laker won aviation's 2002 Tony Jannus Award -- named after the pilot who in 1914 flew what is regarded as the first scheduled commercial flight, from St. Petersburg to Tampa. Laker launched the concept of low-fare transatlantic travel in 1977 with Laker Airlines Skytrain, which stopped in...

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