[Public-List] Story of an ordeal...

[Gordon Laco]

I thought of that… but they were concerned that there was water in the compasses globe.   They told me if I could prove it was oil, the instrument was clear to carry on.  But their regulations did not allow ‘water’ of the volume that appeared to be in the globe.


Gordon Laco
www.gordonlaco.com




> On Mar 7, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> The word "organic" has changed meaning in common use
> in the last half century, drifting from the original
> scientific meaning where it was roughly synonymous
> with "hydrocarbon". You aren't allowed to bring
> liquid hydrocarbons on a plane because they are
> usually flammable. Compass oil is probably a lot
> less flammable then say, gasoline. But I'm not
> at all surprised you weren't allowed to bring what
> was probably a litre of liquid hydrocarbons onto
> a plane.
> 
> SG
> 
> 
> 
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