Hi Carol and All,

Just returned from cold and rainy Hilo or I would have made
an attempt to answer this question sooner.  I don't have the
FAA order in front of me, but I did come across the answer
to your question as I was browsing through the security orders
last week.  I don't remember the exact wording, but as I read
it I thought, "That would be plenty of alcohol for any of my trips."
I believe the order simply referred to "alcohol" and didn't men-
tion types.  It specified either two liters or two quarts as the
amount you are allowed to carry in your baggage.  The amount
of flammable material seemed to be the consideration, rather
than the type.  Other flammable materials were mentioned,
and I believe the limits were the same.  I guess you couldn't
carry two liters of nitroglycerin, but then that would probably
be closer to "explosive" than "flammable."  : )

Looks like the limits for booze would be the same as for your
isopropyl.  If you take alcohol with you, take the highest proof
you can find and dilute it after you get there.

Have fun,



Don  (sorta-FAA-type-person)
Pago Pago

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From: Carol Bodine <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Alcohol on airplanes
Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:39 PM

Next month I will be going to Panama with Peggy Williams for (what else) a shelling trip.
 She suggested that we bring plenty of alcohol for cleaning/preserving shells as there
would be no stores (as I know the term) where we will be shelling.  My question is this.
Have any of you had problems taking ETOH or isopropol aboard an airplane?  The government
regulates our labratory stores so closely its hard for me to believe that the airline
industry wouldn't be concerned about transporting it in one's suitcase.  I hope I'm
wrong.  (Mark, I know you just got back from there- what did you do?)

Carol