Hagrid Flew

[quigonginger]

Sean wrote about thestrals:
 Handy guys for all your
> non-magical travelling needs! Not as fast as Apparating, and the 
entry
> fee is unpleasant, but useful nonetheless. Which leads one to ask
> where else in canon have they been useful to someone?
>
Ginger, canon at the ready.

OoP, US hardcover, ch. 21, p.446.

Hagrid speaking: "'Course this lot don' get a lot o' work, it's mainly 
jus' pullin' the school carriages unless Dumbledore's takin' a long 
journey an' don' want ter Apperate-"

Ginger, canon hound
PS to CV:  You go girl!  That's dedication!