motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 24/3/23 at 09:39 AM |
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How things have changed. I took a BMW exhaust nut spanner (a big alloy toothed thing), a clutch pack and a pair of ignition coils as hand luggage,
Heathrow to Sydney back in the early 90's. The aircrew were also quite happy to give me a full size bottle of red, which made the trip bearable
on most occasions.
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BenB
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 06:49 AM |
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Last time we flew I forgot I had a bike multi-tool in my coat pocket. They weren't worried about the Allen keys but wouldn't allow the
philips bit. Annoyingly when I got the replacement I realised it was possible to remove the individual bits so could have just sacrificed the philips
which I don't tend to use!!!
[Edited on 27/3/23 by BenB]
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BenB
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 06:52 AM |
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The weird thing is the 3 long metal screws holding my hip together don't set off the metal detectors and they're definitely sharp pointy
metal things!!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 10:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
Thought this was a title of a new movie. 
As long as the pilot is not the tool 
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 11:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by motorcycle_mayhem
How things have changed. I took a BMW exhaust nut spanner (a big alloy toothed thing), a clutch pack and a pair of ignition coils as hand luggage,
Heathrow to Sydney back in the early 90's. The aircrew were also quite happy to give me a full size bottle of red, which made the trip bearable
on most occasions.
You could still take all but the spanner!
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gingerprince
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 11:54 AM |
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About 30 years ago I was flying from Leeds to Gatwick as part of a "raid" - I was the IT guy going to secure some data, which at the time
meant plugging in a portable hard drive. I had a briefcase full of tools - screwdrivers, pliers, wire strippers, and the data equipment. I'd
never flown before so had no idea I wasn't allowed to take them on! In the end I managed to get the case checked in the hold, but it was a bit
of a red-face moment 
I have successfully got back to the UK with a bottle of Stroh 80 however! Really brought the kitchen sink up a shine
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 27/3/23 at 12:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
The weird thing is the 3 long metal screws holding my hip together don't set off the metal detectors and they're definitely sharp pointy
metal things!!
that's likely because they are titanium
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BenB
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| posted on 29/3/23 at 07:10 AM |
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Like like I'm going to have to get a titanium bike repair tool then!!
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 29/3/23 at 07:37 AM |
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Being Ti won't help you with anything, they can still see them on the baggage scanner and human scanners, they can see light plastic The only
reason they ignore those is because they're stuck in your body and they assume you're not going to remove them. They can even tell the
difference between different materials...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Travel/2017/a
irport-liquids-scanner.jpg?imwidth=480
[Edited on 29/3/23 by coyoteboy]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 29/3/23 at 08:04 AM |
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I've taken micrometers through to the states in hand luggage at least twice with no issues.
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