terryS wrote:

Then before boarding a twenty minute hop between two airports within
the M.E. my pocket neon test screwdriver, with a blade all of two
inches long, was confiscated! "Not allowed"!

It's a tool. You aren't allowed to have tools on US airliners. They took
my Allen wrench away. When I asked, I was told that I could use it to take
the plane apart. I pointed out that we were flying on an Airbus which is all
metric, but it didn't help.

Any idea of where to acquire another one? Preferably cheap! Also do
some have a resistor in series with the little NE-2 type neon; but
others not?

As far as I know, they all have a resistor in series, because without it
they could not be used on the 110V AC line.

What you want is a Blackburn 19-079. Wesco carries it, so does Tristate
Electrical Supply. Ask your local Graybar if they carry the Blackburn tools.

P.S. Rather interesting is that on one leg of one flight we were
served a meal, complete with 'metal' knife and fork. This was a nice
airline, but wasn't in business class; just back in steerage.
Estimate blade of that knife was longer than my later confiscated
pocket screwdriver, which had been tucked into a row of pencils/pens
in my brief case for many years including three other international
trips, 2005 to 2008.

Certain lack of security consistency; eh?

The War On Liquids isn't about actual security, it's about annoying customers
so they feel like Something Is Being Done.

What airline gave you metal utensils? US airlines don't even serve you meals
any more, as far as I can tell...
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."