To: Jeff Albro , atm{at}shore.net
From: Gary Seronik 
Reply-To: Gary Seronik 


Hi Jeff:

At 03:38 PM 1/27/2003 -0500, Jeff Albro wrote:
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>
>I'm planning an 8 or 10 inch newtonian, and planning to travel with it.
>I'm trying to decide to make it small enough for carry on or sturdy enough
>for baggage.
>
>I was wondering if anyone has reports of success of failure when
>attempting to bring your telescope on board as carry on baggage.

I've taken my 8-inch (see the December 2001 Sky & Telescope) on two post 9
- 11 trips and, apart from mild curiosity, haven't encountered any
problems.  These were both international trips (Canada) for what that's worth.

Gary Seronik

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