Rockets on a Plane, with a heart for the LUV airline

9 responses to “Rockets on a Plane, with a heart for the LUV airline”

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   Vox Sciurorum

   Dec 12, 2013 at 11:51 pm

   Did the rockets have motors inside?

   My uncle once tried to take an albatross on an airplane and had fun with security.

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   BWJones

   Dec 13, 2013 at 3:50 am

   Wow… They let you on with rockets…

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   scleroplex

   Dec 13, 2013 at 6:25 am

   :-))

   super!!

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   jitze

   Dec 13, 2013 at 8:27 am

   Musician friend of mine (member of a European national symphony orchestra) tried to board with a very expensive oboe – the airline wanted to carry it as checked baggage "it looked like it could be used as a bazooka".

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   jurvetson

   Dec 14, 2013 at 2:17 am

   @jitze1942 – nice. Similar to the TSA in Reno telling me my rocket motor casing could be used as a billy club. Harumph! I tried to head off their scrutiny of my rocket wreckage in my luggage by disclosing up front at luggage check-in that everything I have is covered in spent gunpowder and rocket propellant, and how can I make sure my bags will make it – carry on, or checked? "Oh, we aren’t checking for that" they told me.

   @John Carr – good question, and no, that would be illegal (I don’t joke about that, even in TSA lines). Propellant went by DOT 1.4 ground transport separately.

   I just went though LAX security today, and they had five body-armored police with machine guns and dogs to welcome guests at the front door. The killer app for drones, IMHO, is to enable the abolishment of the TSA security checks altogether… Here’s one way.

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   scleroplex

   Dec 14, 2013 at 2:44 am

   militarised police = total waste of space

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   scleroplex

   Dec 14, 2013 at 9:34 pm

   thelexingtongreen.blogspot.com/2013/11/we-are-all-crimina…

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   jgury

   Dec 15, 2013 at 3:39 pm

   @scleroplex The expanded absurdity of the TSA model of all need to be dealt with equally likely as terrorists, all communications potentially need to be monitored and therefore recorded, presumption of guilt as justification for fascist terror, where to begin?
   The assumptions here are as usual: technology, science and intelligence are your tools of salvation – conveniently leaving unpleasant realities of things like money, power, criminality along with larger problems of evil and stupidity out of it.
   Skipping ahead, the conclusion here has been more rapid accurate tech means of id is better for solving these fascist tyranny of the many as all equally likely as criminals/terrorists drunk drivers, and so on.
   The fact that a SJ and friends, who have drawers full of all types of RFID access cards, high tech tokens, and more along with access to labs and tech capable of the most Bond and Bond villain-esq gadgets, including experimental high explosives and WMD tech, the fact they get put thru this nonsense should raise some interesting questions and ironic observations.

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   seatonsnet

   Dec 19, 2013 at 5:58 pm

   Surreal!!!!

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