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Old 5th Sep 2011, 14:55
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avionimc
 
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Reasons for not putting an aircraft into a container:
  1. Container can easily be dropped on a dock while being loaded on/off a ship or truck, potentially causing major damage to the airframe and avionics. You will not be able to prove that container was dropped and insurance will always claim that the aircraft was not properly packaged and will not pay for repairs.
  2. Putting the aircraft back together in Africa (or elsewhere) will most likely result in some damage and/or the aircraft not flying straight.
  3. Aircraft are meant to fly; not travel into containers.
Among others, I have flown a C-182 into Wilson and a C-206 into H. Kutako, both in winter, via YYR and YYT, great Atlantic crossings. Much better than disassembling and [possibly] reassembling the aircraft.

NB: your container might just get lost at sea, as many are; or the truck carrying your container from Mombasa to Nairobi might get involved in a road accident!

NB: neither the North Pole route, nor the Pacific route make sense!

Good Luck,
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