P3D Re: Airport security

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:14 AM 5/12/99 , you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/12/99 1:18:02 AM, photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
><< Has anyone done any air travel with a home made twin rig?  Has anyone ever
>had any trouble with security over the appearance of a rigged camera pair?
> I was thinking perhaps I should make sure both cameras are unloaded, so I
>can open them up for the security folks.  I'm not sure if that would be
>enough for them, though. >>
>
>I take my Revere 33 pretty much everywhere I fly, and about half the time, 
>it's so unfamiliar to airport security personnel that they ask to examine it 
>- so I try to make sure it's unloaded. Once they see it really looks like a 
>camera, they have no problem. I've had more difficulty with my sleep apnea 
>breathing machine. Really, you should be fine, but do leave it unloaded in 
>transit.

I've never had a problem with my Realist, but I was worried about the
"jury-rigged" wiring, etc. getting some security person's attention.

I've never had a problem with the CPAP machine.  I carry a letter from my
doctor in the case, but no one's ever asked to see it, etc.  The biggest
problem with the CPAP is that it's yet another carry-on bag to worry about.

-pd


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