<HTML>In a message dated 2/8/02 9:22:50 AM Central Standard Time, pianos@traverse.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Does anyone check their tools through as baggage (assuming equipment like Accu-Tuners are allowed to pass through airports that x-ray luggage) and if so, what type of case or carrying compartment do you use?   Has anyone's tools ever been lost/stolen/damaged after being checked through this way? Thanks for your help. Rolf von Walthausen </BLOCKQUOTE> Rolf I would like to suggest you contact the airlines, and/or the airports through which you will be flying, and get explicit instructions on how to do this. Thanks for bringing this up, because I will be doing the same in April when I go to Rochester, MN for the CW Regional. One idea I had was to send my tools via UPS. But this will require having to do without them for a week. Wim</HTML>