If anyone can help…I am flying to hike this time, and have never travelled with a fuel canister. Has anyone brought one before either in checked luggage or as a carryon? Problems doing this? Thanks!
Rashberry
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Like a butane canister? butane=prison term. An empty dry washed non-smelly open MRS or Sigg white gas bottle with with a dry clean pump declared at the check in will probably be fine in checked baggage…according to Continental, the last time I flew. If you have a butane stove pick up a can when you get to your destination to avoid any unschedualed body cavity searches.
Also search this forum for dozens of the same info topic type material. And please place your tray table in the upright position.
Bushwhack
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If you don’t think you can buy fuel when you land but have a place (motel?) to ship to, you can send fuel ground only through the Post Office. It must be labeled ORM-D and quantities and kinds of fuel are limited. Ken inserted PO text into our web site regarding fuel at http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm
Marcia
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appreciate it…by the way, bushwhack, i always try to avoid unscheduled body cavity searches. I try to book them ahead of time.
Rashberry
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My experience is that a container used for holding a flammable gas or liquid, even when purged and cleaned, is still considered hazardous, and regulated under 49CFR. Check with your airline.
Many hazardous materials can be transported as checked luggage, under a ‘personal use’ exemption (spray deodorant, as an example). This exemption would not apply to fuel cylinders, filled, or purged and cleaned.
Do NOT attempt to take butane cannisters aboard an airplane! It can be arranged by a hazardous goods expert certified for IATA DGR, and is quite expensive.
Harry Dolphin