I recently flew home to Long Island (October 2012) from Orlando on Southwest with my mom's 1940 Featherweight. Of course, that black box raised some 'suspicion' so I was singled out and asked to "step aside and slowly and carefully open the box" to show the security guard what I was carrying. He was thrilled to see it was an old Singer 'just like his mom used to sew on'. I did have a belt around the whole box so I would not have to put undue stress on the 70 year old handle and carried it using that extra strap. Once I was cleared through security, I was able to place the box in the overhead compartment.