From: "Stathis Kafalis" 
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Reply-To: "Stathis Kafalis" 


I air travelled many times with my 6" and 10" carry on scopes
(see my webpages). It was mostly from Germany to Greece, but also to Kenya,
Namibia, Bolivia and Venezuela. Some times I had delicious discussions at
the controls (amusant stories...one greek official refused to believe, that
this is a telescope at all), but at the end I never had real problems, to
get the scopes into the cabin. The trusses I checked in separately). This
was all before the World Trade Center attack.

Now I am planing a 14" string scope (travel scopes are prone to
aperture fever as well), that will be designed to be checked as baggage in
a suit case including the mirror. So it has to be Gorilla proof.

Stathis Kafalis
http://www.geocities.com/dobsonstathis

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