On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Product Information Department wrote: > At 11:33 AM 1/7/99 -0600, you wrote: > >Isn't it the fuel that is not allowed, rather than the stove? > > Robert > > > In a word, no. Government regulations (not airline policies) forbid > carrying not only the fuels, but any stoves or fuel bottles that have EVER > contained fuel (Sorry for the "shouting" - just have to stress this.) This > is the case in Canada at least, and since we mostly take our cues from the > US FAA, I imagine it's true in the States too. I believe the concern is > that fuel fumes are actually potentially more dangerous than liquid fuel. > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > Philip T. you are correct in your assumption ;-) my conversations w/combat pilots indicated they were most concerned with not coming back with half a tank of gas, or less, the more VAPOR [less liquid] the more explosive... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jan 07 1999 - 13:22:16 PST
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