Several times over the past year I flew round trips on Southwest from Tampa to Philadelphia and from Tampa to Sacramento (with a diversion to Tucson) with my SV105T and Minitower. The scope and the mount went in the overhead compartments of the B-737s in their respective aluminum cases. The tripid went with my suitcase as baggage in its original packing which in turn was in a cheap wheeled soft bag.
Some TSA personnel asked about the scope and seemed interested. Others knew what it was. I had no problems. They didn't even ask me to open the cases. However, each of those babies weighed about 30 pounds and the whole assemblage (including my suitcase, my wife's, her handbag, the scope, the MiniTower with its 10-pound counterweight, plus a computer) was a bear to drag around those large airports. I commandeered wheel chairs to transport all that stuff. Nobody said anything about that either. Wouldn't have been so bad if airport authorities provided carts to go from one gate to another, but they didn't.
Steve
Some TSA personnel asked about the scope and seemed interested. Others knew what it was. I had no problems. They didn't even ask me to open the cases. However, each of those babies weighed about 30 pounds and the whole assemblage (including my suitcase, my wife's, her handbag, the scope, the MiniTower with its 10-pound counterweight, plus a computer) was a bear to drag around those large airports. I commandeered wheel chairs to transport all that stuff. Nobody said anything about that either. Wouldn't have been so bad if airport authorities provided carts to go from one gate to another, but they didn't.
Steve
