Re: [Paddlewise] Canadian Customs

I don't think you will get too far trying to explain the differences and
safety advantages of the Trangia stove with a disinterested airline
official.  "

It looks like a backpacking stove, it is a backpacking stove, you can't
take it on the airplane."

After watching them stop a pilot from taking a Nintendo gun onto an
airplane in DFW. Your odds are not good convincing them of anything.

At 10:07 PM 12/15/98 -0600, Patrick Maun wrote:
>>In a message dated 12/15/1998 11:58:20 AM EST, dana.dickson_at_unisys.com
writes:
>>
>><< Plan B, for the less adventurous, is to pay to ship the stove
>> by other means, although the cost of shipment may exceed the value of the
>> stove.
>>
>> Dana Dickson >>
>
>Anyone had any experience bringing Trangia stoves on airplanes? For those
>of you unfamiliar with them, they are basically a small metal pot that
>burns alcohol. The fuel canister looks like your typical MSR canister, but
>it is plastic. I am curious as it uses alcohol and has no moving parts
>weather this would be allowed. IMHO, this is a great stove for kayaking and
>a lot of us here in the midwest use them. They aren't as hot as a white
>gas/propane stove, but they are  hassle free (almost no setup time), can't
>break and are completely silent.
>
>-Patrick
>
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