Back in November 1998, Linda shipped Marie-Antoinette, her queenly black cat, from New Orleans to Denver (shipped her ahead of Linda's own flight, for some strange reason), and there was no problem. Marie, age 5 at the time, bounced out of her carrier and demanded her dinner just as she did after car rides.

No idea if the dam' airlines have more silly restrictions in place now. Plus, you run the risk of a plane having to sit on the tarmac for hours if there's a delay.
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('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino