Carryon. This last year I have been on four regional flights in small regional-type planes, four flights domestically in 737-style planes or larger, three long-distance international flights on 757 or 767 planes, and four flights on non-U.S. carriers within South America. I strapped my Manfrotto 055CX3 to the outside of my LowePro camera backpack and walked it on the plane. Every time, no problem. I carried a small roll-on suitcase as my second allowed carry-on.
The regional jets have very small overhead storage, not good for much more than a jacket, maybe a purse. One thing that may have helped me is that if/when the check-in or gate attendant thought to question the LowePro backpack, I could state with absolute certainty that I had been there, done that, and (a) would not gate check my valuable camera gear, but (b) knew without question that the LowePro would fit under the seat in front of me. So the small suitcase gets gate checked, the tripod gets unstrapped and goes overhead, and the backpack goes under the seat. The only time I had any issue was on a regional flight in Argentina. The luggage screener had never seen a tripod before. He had to call over a supervisor to identify it and verify that it wasn’t some strange weapon. I used to travel with an overlarge suitcase (24" rather than 22’’) and fit the tripod in among my clothes. It was a tight fit and required removing the head. Just carrying it on works much better for me. stan > On Apr 1, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No this isn't an April Fools post on how to accomplish the Wright > Brother's achievement, using nothing but a tripod; It is a request for > information on the best way to transport a tripod via commercial > airlines. > > I should have thought about this long before now, but... I've got a > "normal" Manfrotto (good sized) tripod. I'm going to take the 3-way > head with. I've got the Manfrotto soft (zippered) case for it. Is that > good enough to trust to the gorillas that throw baggage around? I can > pack with some bubble wrap in there, if that will help. > > Alternative suggestions? Thanks in advance. > > PS... I plan on carrying-on a backpack with camera video gear that is > going with. My clothes suitcase can be checked-in. > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
