Telescope in hand luggage
Oct 15, 2014, 5:08 pm
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Telescope in hand luggage
I want bring a telescope through with my hand luggage.
It's very light & just shy on 90cms.
I know that's over the permitted lenght but I've often seen people carry extra long objects through such as paintings
Do you think that I will have any problems with security?
I'm travelling longhaul J in a 777 so the overhead bins will take it
It's very light & just shy on 90cms.
I know that's over the permitted lenght but I've often seen people carry extra long objects through such as paintings
Do you think that I will have any problems with security?
I'm travelling longhaul J in a 777 so the overhead bins will take it
Oct 16, 2014, 12:19 am
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You won't have a problem, in my opinion. It's the sort of thing that gate agents and cabin crew turn a blind eye to.
Oct 16, 2014, 1:12 am
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No, they see all manner of items go through their system every day, so I really struggle to think of what they would object to in a telescope. Binoculars are very popular travel items, for example.
Oct 16, 2014, 3:24 am
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They may see it as long metal tube = potential to use as a weapon.
Oct 16, 2014, 4:51 am
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Oct 16, 2014, 5:43 am
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I took a 900mm f/11 (Nexstar 80GTL) on a BA flight to Poland a while back, as hand luggage, along with a Celestron goto mount -- it wasn't a problem at all. The cabin crew were interested in it and I spent some time explaining how this was actually a pretty tiny telescope compared to the ones I have at home (8" newtonian for astrophotography and 12" dobsonian for visual) but could still see some pretty amazing things especially in dark skies.
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