Guy's and Gals, The shortest box you can put a 90" rod in the diagional is roughly 63.6" on each side. (63.6*63.6*2)^1/2=89.94". A 52 inch box would need require that the other side be ~73" Jim >>> Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> 05/12/98 04:34pm >>> Barbara Kossy wrote: > Last year, when I flew Florence to SF, I had only one suitcase and check a 7 > foot plus paddle as my second bag with no problem. > > This year, I called the information line and they told me the rules, that an > item over 7 feet counts as two bags, no matter what the weight. I have a 7.5 > foot paddle, and a 7 ft. paddle. > > The agent on the phone also told me that if I again just show up with the > paddle, they may just let me through again, with no extra charge. > > Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? > This was the subject of a Car Talk puzzler recently. Call them back and ask if you can send a box 52" on a side as a 2nd bag. A 7.5 foot paddle just happens to fit in there diagonally. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 13 1998 - 08:00:47 PDT
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