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greetings flyers! funny how much it varies... i managed to cram all my 9v pedals + boomerang into one of those roll-y flight attendant style things for a couple of trips to the left coast this year. sometimes you get stopped - sometimes not. yes, the chip in the boomerang will give the snooper a bit of a hard on. i did learn about a magical little item called the "SPECIAL HANDLING" tag, but they generally won't give you one if you ask for it. this get slapped onto bags that are being checked at the gate rather than at checkin- along with stuff like strollers. i did have to wonder how "special" the handling would be... watch out for short legs especially. aircraft like the increasingly popular "canadair regional jet" have NO o/h bins! then again... they only seat 48 passengers... but it goes to show that you can't always count on certain common amenities... on a leg i flew from newark/columbus they looked at my roll-yand said "you'll have to check that item", and then pointed out the window at a plane that was scarcely as big a suburban! in the past i've UPS'd a bunch of stuff ahead to the home or work of an understanding individual at the first city on the tour, then taken the rest aboard & gone pot luck on borrowed/rented amps & axes. which is no way to run an airline, let me tell you. rbrt