A warning to all that will travel and consider carrying you TX on the plane. In going to PHX for the SWC, I have always carried my TX in cabin and from what I had gathered, since 9/11 others had done the same and been all right. Going out I was fine, the lady listened as I explained what each electronic item was and other than an old lady thinking my forceps were dangeress, had no trouble.
On the way home, all it takes is one person to raise an issue and all devil breaks loose. At the PHX security I opened the case and put everything in the plastic tub, girl walked up and said, Oh, an RC transmitter, and I replied yes and there were a couple of others laying there including my cell phone. Went through the x-ray and one young screener all of a sudden said, whats that and shut down everything. The girl explained what it was and he then looked at me and said you could effect avionics on board with it and there was an issue. To this I said "I could use my cell phone and do the same thing, but I doubted if he raised any issues over cell phones today." Then I thought better of that and figured I had better shut up. They did take it to swab it for bomb residue and my shoes and I was on the way to the gate. My wife looking at me like I had just escaped arrest and I should not have made the comment maybe even though that was pretty much the end of it. I know of at least one guy that had basically the same issue at O'Hare with about the same kind of guy. Pack tx's if you can and carry as little as you need when flying commmercially, the less the risk you have of having hassles. Moral of the story, right TK? Marc RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
