This puts me in mind of an episode in 76/77 when 809 were departing from RAF Honington to embark Ark Royal (old one !) en route to Roosie Roads or wherever. The ship was due to sail Monday am to embark the CAG pm in the Channel. Some of the 809 aircrew decided it would be a good wheeze to take the RAF Officers Mess piano to sea and shoot it off the cat - which they duly did and I've got a photo ( somewhere ) of said piano on the bow cat c/w bridle and FDO with flag raised ready to launch. The piano had been smuggled out of the mess up past the swimming pool and into D hangar ( RNU) where 809 lorrycons were positioned to go to the ship with ground crew on the Sunday. So the aircraft duly embarked on Monday to the ship leaving D Hangar strangely empty except for RNU & FIR Buccs. The RAF police later that day followed the trail of scrape marks ( imagine 4 small brass wheels on tarmac and concrete) up the road and into the hangar where they mysteriously stopped..... just where the lorrycons had been the day before.... a look of puzzlement does not describe their faces !!!!!!!!!!