basic
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Has anyone carried a propeller in cabin baggage. Want to bring my three blade back from France and not sure if they will take it.
Propeller in cabin baggage.
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GraemeS
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Put a chain through it and put it around your neck and call it bling en it. :encouragement:
cmedsailor
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As long as it will fit into a cabin size bag why not? It's metal, not liquid. In any case ask directly at the airline to be sure.
macd
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The missus had a length of garden hose confiscated at airport security. They evidently thought she might use it to strangle the crew. It never occurred to her to point out that it wasn't liquid.
I think the practical test to be applied in these situations is "could an anally-retentive numpty possibly view the item as a potential weapon?" Mark my words, in a few years time we'll all be flying naked.
Resolution
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Which airline?
vyv_cox
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I was not allowed to board with an 18 inch length of 8 mm chain recently. "Could be used as a weapon. sir". I am sure that in the minds of airport security a propeller falls into the same category. It has nothing to do with the airline but if you can obtain a letter from them specifically allowing you to take it on board it may be used to over-rule the security people. A recent lifejackets story in the mags supports this.
macd
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Was that addressed to my post #4, Resolution?
If so, sorry I can't tell you which airline (I wasn't on the trip), but does it really matter? Cabin baggage screening is surely generic, regardless of airline. The only useful exception, I'd have thought, is if you had in your possession a document from the airline stating that they were happy to accept item 'X'. (And even then I'm not sure it would be a guarantee that the numpty in question would accede to it.)
Hold baggage is probably somewhat different.
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lw395
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I lost a screwdriver due to forgetting it was in my bag.
I wouldn't chance it.
Can you get it back via a parcel service?
I wouldn't chance it.
Can you get it back via a parcel service?
Woodlouse
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Put it in the hold. Propellers are heavy things and you don't want to be humping it around the airport anyway.
john_morris_uk
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My guess is that the op is flying back with only hand baggage. He'll pay extra for a hold bag with all the budget airlines. It might be cheaper to post it! Ideal solution is to find someone they know whose already paid for a hold bag who will carry it for him.
(I appreciate that they'll have to trust him that it's not hollowed out and filled with white powder etc!)
mjcoon
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macd
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It varies from carrier to carrier. On some there's no weight (as opposed to size) limit; on others I've seen as low as 5kg.
Woodlouse
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The misers we have on this forum never cease to amaze me. Its not going to cost him more than 30 quid if he plans ahead and for that he has the peace of mind that the thing will be allowed on the plane and he doesn't have to take the prop on a ten mile hike through two airports.
Resolution
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No, it was meant for the OP to answer, I should have made that clear. But maybe the OP has a choice of carriers and wants to know which would be best?
Peter
SAMYL
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I brought a steering wheel through from Birmingham to Belfast and they didn't even look at it.
When flying out from Belfast in the am I did ask if I could bring it back and they said 'no problem' so on the way back I just dumped it in a bag on the conveyor belt to be x-rayed and said nothing, and neither did the security people.
When flying out from Belfast in the am I did ask if I could bring it back and they said 'no problem' so on the way back I just dumped it in a bag on the conveyor belt to be x-rayed and said nothing, and neither did the security people.
dunedin
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For very good reasons - and please don't exceed them. See reports of person with serious injuries after bag fell from overhead locker this week
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avi...enger-hospitalised-by-falling-locker-bag.html
bobgarrett
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I'd avoid use of the term "blade" if asked what it is!
Seriously though, why not ask the airline by email then take their response with you.
tudorsailor
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I once took out a stainless steel fairlead in hand luggage. The lady checking the bag could hardly lift the bag onto the table for checking, as I had other essential items such speakers in there too. I was flying with an airline that had no weight limit and simply advised that one had to be able to lift a bag that was hand luggate. Maybe I was lucky to get away with it
TudorSailor
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Daydream believer
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No good it is a 3 bladed one. they would suss the difference
GrahamM376
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Easyjet have no weight restrictions on cabin baggage, I had 14kg in mine on Tuesday.
