Airline Travel with Small Model Aircraft

Written by Don DeLoach Photos by Lee Hines and the author Tips to ensure that your models arrive safely As seen in the June 2018 issue of Model Aviation. Having traveled to Free Flight (FF) meets on commercial airline flights for nearly three decades, I’ve learned a lot about how to do it right. Driving to a meet is still my preference because of the freedom you’re afforded in packing, but flying to meets should not be considered prohibitively difficult either. With some basic box-building skills and the application of common (and not-so-common) sense, you too…