Hiya, could anybody be kind enough to tell me if I can bring a lantern (Austramax) back to UK on a plane as hand luggage from Australia? Thanks for any information. Gozzy.
Highly unlikely due to today's ultra-zealous (and often ridiculous) restrictions on what can and cannot travel by air. You are probably better off dismantling it, cleaning it of all fuel residue and posting it (well packaged) by courier (or at the least, fully tracked and insured).
Yes I did think there would be ridiculous aircraft laws with this idea, the problem is I've got to satisfy my need for an austramax for my collection! This addiction of mine is truly out of control but I bloody love it (a lot healthier than previous ones). If anyone can give me a company name or maybe someonehhas one for sale. I would like to get one of the modern ones that would be fine. Anyway I will keep dreaming an hope someone can help me with my problem. Thank you all for any possible advice. Gozzy
Gozzy Send me a private message; I'll help you get your Austramax and get it back to where you want it to go. Let me know: I. Where do you live? 2. When are you here? 3. What cities are you going to in Australia. Cheers Tony
I depends who you are flying with, as they all seem to have different rules. With BA you are supposed to get prior approval, but that involves multiple calls to the BA Baggage Enquiries phone number where you will speak to a nice Indian gentleman in Bombay, who does not understand what a stove or lamp is. Demand to speak to a supervisor who will annotate authority against your booking. I took one stove to the US. For BA you have to empty it of fuel, rinse, vent, fit tank cap, wrap in absorbent material and then wrap in plastic. My stove ended up like this (I attached a label to the package - not required by BA but I wanted to cover all the bases): This is the label (remember to print spares copies for the return leg plus any purchases): For the return leg, I brought back a Campus No3 stove, a Coleman Apex II stove with fuel bottle, a Primus 210 stove, a Svea 123R stove, a Coleman NKL-323 Torchlite lamp and a Coleman 3022 lamp. All were packaged and labeled as above and we had no problems, all arriving safely. This year I flew back from Portugal with a Hipolito lamp. I just dismantled it and spread the parts around various bags. I was carrying two metal tripods, so most of the parts I just taped to the tripods to diguise them. The tank will just look like a metal bowl on an x-ray. The guys on the x-ray machines are looking for complete lamps and stoves. Terry
Ah, pre-planning . I knew the wife would be doing plenty of shopping so I pre-booked an extra bag for the return flight! Terry
Thanks to all of you who gave good advice, I've been in contact with Tony press I will go with Tasmanian advice an try an sort my addiction with him in near future brilliant stuff. Gozzy.
If by modern, you mean new, it should be a lot easier to organise passage for an unused lamp than a used one.
What I have done a few times is to dismantle lamps and mail the tanks. Then all the hardware bits which are not fuel containers can be shoved in the checked baggage without any problems. They might think you are strange hauling a shed load of apparent scrap brass and steel about but it worked for me and of course without all the bits the mail for the tanks is cheaper because of the much reduced weight. ::Neil::
Thanks all, I have a few months to decide which way to go about this problem an i would like to say all advice is very much appreciated, great stuff. Gozzy
I just brought two lamps from Egypt via Heathrow to Luxembourg. I dismantled both and put all except for the generator in my suitcase. The generator went in my Photo bag. At Luxor airport they didn't like the bits in my photo bag (including the glass from the Petromax) and wanted to put them in the cargo hold. I argued and they finally let me take them in my hand luggage ("but don't do it again!"). I shall be bringing two again in February when I go. Apart from that there was no difficulty from either Egyptair or BA. Jim.
