Hi All: I would just like to re-emphasize that in July-August I flew Alaska, United, American, and Lufthansa with two breakdown paddles in a Lendal paddle bag as hand luggage. I had absolutely no problems whatsoever. I was cautious, however, to clearly label them "paddles," and often my wife carried them. No hassles. The only time we were questioned about it was by a security guy in Frankfurt who wanted to discuss kayaking! (Ralphs: I even discussed the Klepper "faltbot" [sp.?]) I would also add that, I lots of people carried on long, cylindrical cases that I assumed were fishing poles. As long as items are x-rayed, they are cool about it. So, bottom line, have fun flying with your paddles... Josh (who had a great night paddle last night, capsized twice and rolled nicely to recovery!) P.S. My friends flew last night from Tel Aviv to Rhodes, via Athens, with a three-piece Nigel Dennis Explorer. Olympic was cool about it. At 02:29 12/09/02, PJ Rattenbury wrote: >I remember carrying my AT breakdown paddle on board with me, to save it >from the tender mercies of the baggage handlers. The paddle would probably >qualify as a 'sharp' these days. >Would it be worth the hassle now? Sadly, I doubt it. ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 00:27:06 PDT
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