...and here I am, awake early again at 3:30 in the morning, second-guessing and worrying... One item we plan to take on the plane as a carry-on is a heavy cardboard tube containing my rolled paintings and Charlie's new flute. What will they think it is in the x-ray? Does that long metal tube look like, maybe, a pipe bomb? What if it won't be accepted as a carry-on due to size and shape? Carrying it through the security scanner ourselves, we can open it if necessary, but if we check it as... Sign in to see full entry.