airplane

The previous thread was closed. I'm new here, so maybe there was a reason but I could not find an explanation anywhere. Not that I'm owed one, just sayin'. The Federal Aviation Regs, to my knowledge (~20 years flying planes for fun, as an instructor, and commercially as a line pilot...

Tomorrow I'm flying back home from my grandfather's funeral. Being a WWII veteran, he had a military funeral complete with a gun salute. Several of us kept a piece of the fired blank brass as mementos. The issue is that I didn't check any luggage, so my piece of brass will have to go in my...