Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 03:21:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norman Saunders Subject: Re: Tips on flying with a scope? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joe Alexander writes: > I'll be flying to Maine in late May and I plan to take a scope. > I have never flown with a scope, and particularly with "enhanced" > airport security and baggage limitations I'm wondering what > problems I might run into. I'd appreciate any tips, warnings, > anecdotes, etc. Thanks. Pack your tripod in your checked luggage but ALWAYS put your scope in carry-on luggage. You will have to remove it for inspection and may need to demonstrate that you can actually see through it by removing lens caps, etc., but otherwise you should have no problems. I never check any optics--the airline folks are just altogether too rough with people's luggage. Norm Saunders Colesville, MD marshhawk@att.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================