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color=#0000ff size=2>Hey Chad and all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I do the same...well, we all do the same if we want to fly
anywhere outside of Oz or some of the more distant domestic
comps.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My box is actually 747 floor boards-nice Carbon Nomex
painted yellow so the box doesn't get stolen!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>And by packing all my clothes etc in it, I can manage 20Kg
all up with no excess baggage charges. Carry on, is the Transmitter case
but batteries have to be removed from Tx.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Also, we found it usually pays to let the airline
know ahead of time what you are carrying-that way when you check in, they
have it all there on the screen and you are no longer at the mercy of the check
in people. This is for International travel offcourse. Domestic, I haven't
bothered.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> Offcourse if I could manage a first class flight-then
I'd get 40kg allowance-hey I could take two!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=697564603-23042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Tom</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chad
Northeast<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
General pattern discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Are the
high gas prices going to change your contest plans?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Chris<BR><BR>On one of these! :) If you look at the back of the
plane you can see the box going up the luggage ramp (I hope the picture comes
through). This was coming back from Phoenix. Just need a box, and a
lot of airlines (United is one) will take them for a $50-100 fee each way.
This is how I have done all the Worlds etc. So far (touch wood) I have not
had a plane seriously damaged in transit. Maybe a scratch or two but thats
it.<BR><BR>As for the gear, pack light and load your suitcase up with stuff, and
carry on your Tx's.<BR><BR>Having done it quite a few times now I much prefer a
few hour flight and some "luggage pain" to days of driving :)<BR><BR>If you want
I can send you pic's of the box, and how the plane is
packed.<BR><BR>Chad<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: krishlan
fitzsimmons <homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, April 22,
2008 6:13 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Are the high gas prices going to
change your contest plans?<BR>To: General pattern discussion
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><BR>> Yeah, but how do you get
your plane and gear there? <BR>> <BR>> As for me, the
high gas prices do cause a concern.. I <BR>> went to a contest in So Cal and
it cost me $175 in gas roundtrip <BR>> (I live in Nor Cal)... I have 2 more
So Cal contests that I had <BR>> planned.. Not sure I will attend but one of
them with the cost <BR>> of gas.. Buddying up doesn't work either because I
think I'm the <BR>> only one who travels from north to south.. <BR>>
The gas really isn't that bad really. Yeah it sucks <BR>> compared to
what we are used to. It's keeping enough work to pay <BR>> for the gas that's
the problem.. Work has definitely slowed down <BR>> for me.. It's a drag..
<BR>> <BR>> Chris<BR>> <BR>> Chad Northeast
<chadnortheast@shaw.ca> wrote:<BR>> We are going to be flying to
Muncie this year, because <BR>> its pretty cheap to fly after you figure out
the cost to drive.<BR>> <BR>> Actually I might start hitting more long
distance contests just <BR>> because flying has become so inexpensive, and
driving even to a <BR>> close contest is almost as much money.<BR>>
<BR>> Chad<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: mike
mueller <BR>> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:31 pm<BR>> Subject:
[NSRCA-discussion] Are the high gas prices going to <BR>> change your contest
plans?<BR>> To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>> <BR>> OK fair
question. Do you see yourself reducing your travel <BR>> plans? I'm just
trying to get an idea of what to expect with the <BR>> contests this summer.
Will you be buddying up with another flyer <BR>> to help offset the costs?
Will the economy as a whole effect <BR>> your flying this summer? Do you
think it will cause a dramatic <BR>> decrease in the numbers?Thanks in
advance, Mike Mueller<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Be a better friend, newshound,
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