Subject: [Tweeters] scope and air travel
Date: Apr 29 11:15:51 2009
From: Bob Sundstrom - ixoreus at scattercreek.com


Tweeters,

In 20+ years of leading birding tours and flying dozens of times a year, I've never had a problem carrying on a spotting scope. This includes North American and foreign airports and the week of 9/11. I leave my scope unwrapped in a typical roller-board carry-on, or occasionally carry it in a backpack. An empty thermos or a tape recorder, on the other hand, often gets careful scrutiny, and I recently had a client whose peanut butter was confiscated. And if you use a cooler as one of your checked bags, TSA will open it almost every time.

Good traveling,
Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Muller
To: , tweeters ; Paul Hicks
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] scope and air travel


Paul,

I just last week traveled Alaska Air. I put the scope, tripod head (detached) and binoculars in my carry-on backpack.
I carried the folded tripod (large/heavy duty) as my second piece of carry-on. Not a peep from anyone. Tripod fit nicely in overhead bin, backpack beneath the seat in front of me.

Good luck,
Martin Muller, Seattle
martinmuller at msn.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Hicks
To: , tweeters
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] scope and air travel


Tweets,
What is the best way to travel by plane with a scope? Mine is fairly large
and heavy. Can it be toted as a carry-on that does not "count" as a
carry-on? (I saw somewhere that TSA may exempt certain carry-on items from
counting against the limit.)
--Paul Hicks, Tenino / phicks AT accessgrace.org






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