Flying the not so friendly skies
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My colleague has to take our prototype, which could easily be mistaken for the circuitry in an explosive device, onto a plane to Serbia. In carry on because he can't risk it not arriving. This should be interesting. :laugh: :~
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A very long time ago, I was supporting a program that I still cannot talk about. One of the pieces of test equipment was not behaving well, and it and I both got tickets (no way was that digitizer going into luggage) to take it directly to the oem's calibration center in Albuquerque. Getting there went fine. On the return flight, I was walking to the plane and lugging this huge box (hey, it fit in the seat). 1/2 up the stairs, the obviously tired and cranky flight attendant declared it had to go in baggage. When I told him this box had a ticket, the look on his face was priceless. Please update us as to the results of the trip.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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A very long time ago, I was supporting a program that I still cannot talk about. One of the pieces of test equipment was not behaving well, and it and I both got tickets (no way was that digitizer going into luggage) to take it directly to the oem's calibration center in Albuquerque. Getting there went fine. On the return flight, I was walking to the plane and lugging this huge box (hey, it fit in the seat). 1/2 up the stairs, the obviously tired and cranky flight attendant declared it had to go in baggage. When I told him this box had a ticket, the look on his face was priceless. Please update us as to the results of the trip.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Haha!
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My colleague has to take our prototype, which could easily be mistaken for the circuitry in an explosive device, onto a plane to Serbia. In carry on because he can't risk it not arriving. This should be interesting. :laugh: :~
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
Yes... Been there, done that. I did a presentations (Sydney > Tokyo (3 day business stop-over) > LA (2 day business stop-over) > Mexico > Costa Rica) to a global audience for a manufacturer's conference. I had custom circuit boards for the equipment that we worked with to use for demonstration purposes, 3 conferences in all. I got there, with the PCBs well packed and in my suitcase. The box was designed for rough transportation. However, getting out of Costa Rica was not so straight forward. While waiting for boarding, heard my name over the PA. Was escorted by 4 fully armed soldiers (yes, soldiers) with semi-automatic rifles down an empty gangway to my suitcase, opened, and the box opened sitting on top. At gunpoint, yes, guns pointed at me, they asked me what they were. I had paperwork, so was sorted after a discussion. So yes, make sure you have official paperwork with "FOR DEMOSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE" all over the packaging and documentation. This will also prevent any import taxes.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Yes... Been there, done that. I did a presentations (Sydney > Tokyo (3 day business stop-over) > LA (2 day business stop-over) > Mexico > Costa Rica) to a global audience for a manufacturer's conference. I had custom circuit boards for the equipment that we worked with to use for demonstration purposes, 3 conferences in all. I got there, with the PCBs well packed and in my suitcase. The box was designed for rough transportation. However, getting out of Costa Rica was not so straight forward. While waiting for boarding, heard my name over the PA. Was escorted by 4 fully armed soldiers (yes, soldiers) with semi-automatic rifles down an empty gangway to my suitcase, opened, and the box opened sitting on top. At gunpoint, yes, guns pointed at me, they asked me what they were. I had paperwork, so was sorted after a discussion. So yes, make sure you have official paperwork with "FOR DEMOSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE" all over the packaging and documentation. This will also prevent any import taxes.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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That's exactly what I suggested, along with carrying schematics, and even documentation (proprietary as it is, if "official" documents they don't understand assuage some suspicion, it's worth it. I really doubt airport security is huge in the espionage business)
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honey the codewitch wrote:
I really doubt airport security is huge in the espionage business)
that's mysterious ... care to say more ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Wow, that sounds harrowing. Was this before or after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
That trip was in 1998. I've done many more before and after to various countries, but that was the most interesting. Also, on the way back, we stopped in Guatemala. Sat on the tarmac for 3 hours, was not allowed to disembark, and was searched by the military with semi-automatic rifles. Apparently, baby smuggling was a real problem there. Lots more happened on that trip, but that is for another time. ;)
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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My colleague has to take our prototype, which could easily be mistaken for the circuitry in an explosive device, onto a plane to Serbia. In carry on because he can't risk it not arriving. This should be interesting. :laugh: :~
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
Tell your colleague he gets bonus points for telling customs it is a flux capacitor, and he is going back to the future. Triple points for having the blueprints back him up.
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That's exactly what I suggested, along with carrying schematics, and even documentation (proprietary as it is, if "official" documents they don't understand assuage some suspicion, it's worth it. I really doubt airport security is huge in the espionage business)
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
honey the codewitch wrote:
I really doubt airport security is huge in the espionage business
I suppose it depends on the airport. I certainly wouldn't want to let specifications or design documents for a proprietary technology out of my hands in China, for example.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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My colleague has to take our prototype, which could easily be mistaken for the circuitry in an explosive device, onto a plane to Serbia. In carry on because he can't risk it not arriving. This should be interesting. :laugh: :~
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
Not quite the same, but a number of years ago I was couriering a classified hard drive with me on a TDY, heading to the west coast from Florida. I got to DFW and my flight was cancelled and it wasn't looking good to get on a flight out of DFW that day. I explained my situation to the airline folks and the massive hoops I would have to jump through to secure my classified package if I were stuck overnight. I don't recall the specifics, but do remember they bent over backwards to get me on a flight that day.
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My colleague has to take our prototype, which could easily be mistaken for the circuitry in an explosive device, onto a plane to Serbia. In carry on because he can't risk it not arriving. This should be interesting. :laugh: :~
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
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I don't think so. It's been in development for a year, with multiple people working on it. 10s of thousands in board layout/verification alone, when you count designing the previous revisions
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch/gfx
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I don't think so. It's been in development for a year, with multiple people working on it. 10s of thousands in board layout/verification alone, when you count designing the previous revisions
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