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> I've never had any problem carrying a marine sextant as carry on but I have always had to explain what it was with one exception, the screener  in Lisbon knew what it was and smiled and told me. I did have an interesting experience with my aeronautical A-7 which contains some radium which set off the radiation detector and I "had some splainin to do." but then they let me take it with me on the plane. > > gl > > --- On Sun, 3/11/12, Frank Reed <FrankReed@HistoricalAtlas.com> wrote: > > From: Frank Reed <FrankReed@HistoricalAtlas.com> > Subject: [NavList] Re: CN Aboard Commercial Flight > To: NavList@fer3.com > Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 5:36 PM > > Alex, you wrote: > "I am very interested in the checking in details. Sorry, I could not figure out how to address you off the list, and where on the list I can find your e-mail address." > You must not have noticed the "reply-to-author" option on the message boards?? In any case, remember that you can always just drop me an email if you need help with anything like this. > You included your unmasked email address, however, as is common practice online, these are hidden to some extent in NavList messages. If you want to include your email address in a message, replace the "at" sign. For example, my email address is FrankReed[-at-]HistoricalAtlas.com. Spammer search engines do not usually hunt for addresses masked this way. > You wrote: > "And I am afraid to take it to a cabin with me, because of the security check. > What if they just confiscate it in a check..." > They don't do that. At least we haven't had any stories of that on NavList, and there have been a reasonable number of reports from people who have had no problem taking sextants as carry-on items. I may try it next week when I go to the prime meridian, though it's probably a little silly to haul a sextant across the ocean for a conference at a maritime museum. They probably have one there! :) > -FER > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------