Aussies who have travelled to the USA with Rig

[Squeak 17]

Was it in the last year or so
how did you carry the rig cabin or cargo
Has anyone shipped it over via courier? How much How long to get there?
Any assistance is appreciated

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[tonyhays 86]

Travelled to AU (Sydney) with rig last March. Checked it at the counter, had no problems. Flew Quantas out of LAX.

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[Squeak 17]

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Travelled to AU (Sydney) with rig last March. Checked it at the counter, had no problems. Flew Quantas out of LAX.

Thanks Tony but I'm going the other way

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[EricaH 0]

I flew United from US to Australia. In Melbourne, the Quantas people said my rig weighed too much. I had to get United to stamp my bording pass saying a heavy carry-on was allowed.

Apparently Quantas does not allow a carry-on over 13 lbs.

They also didn't want to let me carry it on. Even w/ United's & TSA's report saying a sport parachute rig is acceptable. They had to pull the pilot out, have him meet me & ok it personally.

But they did ok it. I went through this procedure on initial bording in Melbourne & again on a lay-over in Sydney. They had actaully called ahead to Sydney to warn them of a "problem passanger" that the pilot would have to OK.

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[Eiley 0]

Three of us travelled to US ex-Melbourne in 2002 (Japan Airlines). We put our rigs in our regular luggage. We had a bit of a stress about them going missing en-route, but they arrived without any problems. My bags were x-rayed and when they queried it I told them it was a sport parachute and they let it go without any problems.

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