Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:57:16 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Re: Travel with a Tripod Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ben: When Jane and I travel with our Bogen, we usually carry it as is and put = = it in the back of the overhead bin then place another carryon item in = front of it. The way the bins are designed, there is a nice dead space in= = the back which can only accomodate floppy items such as suit bags or coat= s = or something long like a folded tripod. We also put all of our optics int= o = one carryon item which is usually the one in front of the scope. That way= , = if they get damaged, it's our own fault.=20 Good Birding! Tyler Bell mailto:bell@acnatsci.org California, MD http://www.audubon.org/chapter/md/smas/ http://www.audubon.org/listserv/nd-birds.html >>> Benjamin Poscover 02/07/00 09:31AM >>> Later this month, Ruth and I will be traveling to Port Aransas, Texas= = to attend an Elderhostel program on the Whooping Crane and attend the = Whooping Crane Festival. =20 I want to take a spotting scope and tripod. I have not flown with a = = scope and tripod before and I need suggestions as to how one might go = about this. I can carry the scope in my backpac so it shouldn't present = a = problem. I would to hand carry the tripod if possible. My tripod is a = Bogen 3211.=20 Many thanks for your help on this, Ben Poscover Towson, Maryland ================ =========== ================ =========== ================ =====To leave the = MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com=20 with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ================ =========== ================ =========== ================ ===== ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================