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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 02/25/2011 : 12:19:00 PM
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So has anyone here flown to/from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii recently?
Did they make you go through the whole body scanner?
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Mahope Kākou...
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Daryl
Aloha
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 1:55:10 PM
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| We went to Kona on the 29th of January leaving from Dulles and came back on 13 February. Didn't go through the body scanners. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 2:43:30 PM
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| I had to go through body scanner at Cleveland airport when we went on our Bahama cruise last week. It took no longer than going through the regular metal detector thingie, and no one could see anything. I wanted to see it mysef to see what I looked like under my clothes, but they don't let you see. Ratz. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 4:27:59 PM
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| Slipy1 and I went throught the scanners. I mentioned the metal in my right ankle and Jack mentioned his "nu ni". The only thing they need is more chairs for us to sit down on when we put our shoes back on. Maybe that could become a place for buskers. |
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PearlCityBoy
Lokahi
USA
432 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 9:08:23 PM
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Howzit Lawrence,
Here's a video on what you can expect from the new TSA procedures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM4Bpt3xZU . Hope it alleviates some of your anxiety.
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 10:14:58 AM
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| For good Hawaiian music and videos, fly Hawaiian. 5 channels of Hawaiian audio, and really good videos of music, interesting stories and music. They treat you real good, too. |
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 6:34:40 PM
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Even Hawaiian Airlines won't come to Cleveland. We hafta use Continental, Delta or American, and listen to the engines. Most of the music ain't musical. Our hero is Halau Mohala Ilima-they come here every year, asking for Auntie Wanda's homemade soup. When folks travel from Hawai`i to Ohio for your home cooking, you're a Gold Plated Iron Chef!
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"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 8:43:40 PM
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We fly inter-island at least once a month -- and even though our airport here on Kaua`i has the new full-body scanner, it's rarely in use. Which is a bummer, because hubby has a pacemaker...so he has to be "frisked", since he can't go thru the x-ray thingy. His experiences have varied from a cursory pat-pat-pat, to what he described as a semi-invasive search between his legs (hey, I'm TRYING to keep it clean, folks!) 
Honolulu has no full body scanners for inter-island (yet), so x-ray is mandatory. Hubby has had no problem with the pat-downs there. Ditto for Kahului (Maui). |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2011 : 10:51:05 AM
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Originally posted by Auntie Maria
We fly inter-island at least once a month -- and even though our airport here on Kaua`i has the new full-body scanner, it's rarely in use. Which is a bummer, because hubby has a pacemaker...so he has to be "frisked", since he can't go thru the x-ray thingy. His experiences have varied from a cursory pat-pat-pat, to what he described as a semi-invasive search between his legs (hey, I'm TRYING to keep it clean, folks!)
Honolulu has no full body scanners for inter-island (yet), so x-ray is mandatory. Hubby has had no problem with the pat-downs there. Ditto for Kahului (Maui).
With my new knee, I get patted down, too. Hawiaan has installed the new machines for full body scan here in Seattle, and will be using them soon. btw, as someone who has done raditation effects analysis and testing on aircraft avionics, you get 3 times the amount of radiation flying to Hawaii than you get from the scanner. The highest level of neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about, not x-rays) is at 42,000 feet, where 777's and Airbus 550's fly. What with plastic airplanes, like the 787, coming, there'll be no protection from radiation. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2011 : 4:55:04 PM
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Originally posted by slipry1
... neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about ...
I don't worry about it any more, I take Nexium now.  |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 12:27:09 AM
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| I thought aircraft had to have what was called "nuclear hardness" from back in my DoD quality assurance days. Maybe that was just military aircraft and weapons systems. But come to think of it, it was to protect the electronics in the aircraft, not the humans in the aircraft, if I remember correctly. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 12:27:59 AM
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| Not plastic, rather "composite" like an Ovation guitar. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:20:43 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
I thought aircraft had to have what was called "nuclear hardness" from back in my DoD quality assurance days. Maybe that was just military aircraft and weapons systems. But come to think of it, it was to protect the electronics in the aircraft, not the humans in the aircraft, if I remember correctly.
Putting on my aerospace hat.... Military aircraft, IMHO, are usually made of aluminum with parts of the body and wings made of titanium (my experience: SR-71 [all titanium], F-22, F-16, F-18). The avionics are all inside metal containers to protect them from radiation and the results of nukes going off in the vicinity. Those buggahs fly upwards of 60,000 ft.! So, they are more protected. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:25:19 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Not plastic, rather "composite" like an Ovation guitar.
Yes. "Plastic" is a (semi-derogtory) term used in the industry for composite structures. As for Ovation, just the body, in general. Maciaferri made plastic guitars and ukes back in the 50's. I got an Islander uke for my 14th birthday. Mark has an all-composite guitar, can't remember the name, but they were bought out by Peavy. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:27:02 AM
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Originally posted by Retro
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Originally posted by slipry1
... neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about ...
I don't worry about it any more, I take Nexium now.
Won't help a bit. Dem neutron buggahs independent cusses. Jes' go about dere buisness. |
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