Great! thanx for all the replies; Now I'm a genuine OLD FART & til 911 travelled a lot by air, always w/a guitar & almost always it was a dreadnaugt Martin in HSC (occasionally w/a jumbo or tripple-o or the similar Gibson "B" size & once w/a Baby Tailor) since I was a young sailor of 17. More than 40 years..

Always got it on the plane & NEVER had a serious problem til post-911. Note - there are very few overheads that aren't big enuf for the guitar & case. Actually I'm not aware of any. Til 911 the only hasssle I was ever given was about the Baby T, (go figure!), on Southwest Airlines, but it stll flew w/me, not the baggage hold..

I'll also cherck some of the links, etc..

Cheers,BK