Chap I used to fly with told me how his chum asked him to transport his black lab to Akrotiri for him.
Pal planned to put the dog on his lap and fly himself and the dog there in a Hunter.
Too much trouble with dog in the rather neat fitting cockpit, so tried to put him in some sort of compartment that held black boxes to make all the dials work.
No room, so removed boxes leaving minimal instrumentation.
Tried putting the dog in the new, more spacious compartment, but the mutt went mental when the hatch was closed.
No choice but to fly the dog all the way there on his lap, and both of them mainly looked out the window as there wasn't much else to usefully look at.
He told me a few other stories too.....
