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#1 Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 19, 01:02 am
by Commander
Does anyone have or know how you can bring model rocket engines with you on a commercial airline flight?

#2 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 19, 01:52 am
by Rocket Babe
Sorry, you will either need to mail them or buy them where you are going. You can't carry them on or in checked luggage on a commercial airline. No exceptions. People will say I used to do that, well maybe before 9-11 but not now, not recently. Just handling an unopened pack of engines will leave enough trace on your hands to cause an alarm and more headaches than you ever want to deal with. They won't need the dogs.

How do I know? I'll be the one calling for the Leo's to come take you aside.

#3 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 19, 03:24 am
by Commander
You can't carry them on or in checked luggage on a commercial airline. No exceptions
Just one more reason to find alternative methods of travel anymore. The only thing that will completely keep people safe while traveling is if they start not allowing brains on Airplanes and Trains. :o Sadly, In some cases I think that has already occurred.

How do I know? I'll be the one calling for the Leo's to come take you aside.
So, you're moonlighting from the DSSF for TSA? Hmmmm. I went through ATl on the way south. Next time I'll have to see if I can go through BHM.

#4 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 19, 14:01 pm
by Rocket Babe
5 years. :D

#5 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 19, 04:28 am
by Commander
Of course, me flying out of there would cause consternation, I wouldn't know whether to salute or pour you a drink. ;)

Notice I behaved myself there. ;) ;) :mrgreen:

#6 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Thu, 28 Feb 19, 02:46 am
by Joe Wooten
I remember the "good old days" when I walked through security with a plastic bag that had 13 packs of motors and two unopened kits I had bought while killing time before the fight at a hobby store going out of business. That was in 1983.........

#7 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 19, 19:58 pm
by bernomatic
WAIT! HOLD UP! Stop even!!! You mean all I have to do to get frisked by a rocket babe is to fly through Birmingham? :o :o :o
And yes, it is allowed by TSA rules that opposite sex searches can be conducted. ;)

#8 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 19, 23:15 pm
by Rocket Babe
:lol: Sure, and I'll introduce you to my new assistant Zartok. He knows all about... probes.

#9 Re: Flying with rocket engines

Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 19, 07:32 am
by bernomatic
I think I'll take him over whom I kinda expected you to respond with as your new assistant. :P
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Trust me, it was a chore to find an image with her appropriately dressed.