John Pierce said:
> he says at the bottom of that page, its double-boxed, and still qualifies
> as
> checked luggage.
>
>
> Airport luggage handlers can be REALLY abusive. I'd hope that outer box is
> a
> wooden crate
That's what I did with my 10 CPT. 1/2" thick plywood case for both the
broken down scope, and for the base. I used my cold weather clothes
stuffed in the boxes around the equipment for cushion. Worked great.
> box. inside the inner box, the mirror-box should be in a thick clear
> plastic
> bag to keep moisture and stuff out in case it gets left on a open gurney
> in the
> rain outdoors.
All my optics, the primary, secondary, eyepieces and filters, went carry
on in a hard sided computer briefcase. Heavy, but very safe.
>
>
> man, I'd be scared to death of some ham-fingered TSA inspector putting his
> donut-greased mitts all over it.
They looked inside my boxed ONCE on the entire trip. The briefcase twice.
I was astonished at the LACK of attention. But, when they did open
things up, I was able to be right there explaining to them that they
couldn't touch the optics, and it was no problem.
I think the inner box, and inside the
> inner
> box should be several 'precision optical instrument' 'amateur astronomy
> telescope' 'HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE' stickers. outside carton should just
> have 'handle with care', 'this side up', nothing specific about the
> contents.
I had put FRAGILE stickers on my boxes. This got them special attention,
and also required that I sign a waiver releasing the airlines from
liability for damage.
After all that travel, my boxes show some signs of rough handling, but
then they went on conveyor belts in several airports and, at 50 lbs each,
were probably subject to some rough handling....
Mark
Received on Sun Mar 20 10:35:28 2005