If you decide to travel witha jet, here's something to consider.....
As Spiderjets mentioned, the fuel smell is always going to be in the jet and Jet Case, especially if you use Jet-A as many, if not most of us do.

Before packing the jet in the case, carton, coffin or whatever container you choose, completely purge the fuel system of residual fuel and rinse the fuel system using PPG DX330 ACRILI-CLEAN. This will remove the fuel smell, and is not harmful to the fuel system or engine. Do the same thing before you pack for the return trip. A gallon of ACRILI-CLEAN goes for under $15.00 at the PPG dealer. Maybe you can make arrangements with a friend at the other end to snap up a gallon for your use before the return trip. You can't take it with you on the jet, so he can keep whatever goes unused.

This might seem to be a hassle, but a local UPS clerk opened a JetCat shipping box, sniffed the P-120 and pump and asked me "Is this is a carburator?" They would not ship the engine simply because it still had a residual fuel smell. UPS, I told the desk clerk that the cardboard box was more flammable than the engine or pump....seems like she didn't understand that the engine is designed to contain fire.......Bob Wilcox doesn't have this problem shipping with UPS. I wonder why?
After repacking it, I took it over to FedEx, and was not asked the question. FedEx will get all of my business from now on.

Airlines have very real safety concerns, so any steps you can take to eliminate residual fuel vapor flammability concerns are worth the effort.

Just my .02 worth.......


Harley Condra
BVM REP
JetCat REP