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I know this has been done before, I've read a few threads and cleaned the stove as best I can.

However, on our carrier's (Norwegian) info pages it says you must notify them if you're carrying a stove as they're classed as dangerous items.

What are people's thoughts on that? Is notifying them the best thing to or does it just open you up to a load of hassle?

Ta.

Assuming it is an XKG, whisperlite or similar; dismantle it into as many parts as possible, clean them, put them all in airtight ziplock style bags dispersed throughout your luggage. This is what I've done and I've had no issues.

Cheers. This is what I've done in the past and had no issues but it's getting on for a decade ago so I wondered if things had changed.

I wash the fuel bottles out with water, shake out the water and put in a match: Repeat until you don't get a flash ... Has worked for nearly 20 years.

I tried to board a flight with an almost full bottle of petrol for my MSR in Canada a few years ago.. Didn't go down at all well when security found that in there. Whoops. 

I put the stove in the oven and gently cook at 50 degrees for an hour. Burns off and residue fuel. Need to be careful with the seals as they may leak slightly until they saturate again. Another trick which is to leave the stove out all day in the sun, does the same trick but not as effective when its raining...

What an earth were you thinking?

Pre 9/11 two friends of mine took a 1/2 gallon tin of coleman fuel on a plane, those were the days?

Pre 9/11 I took crampons and axes to the states in hand luggage. It seemed to be a fairly normal approach to saving weight in hold bags.

For drinking purposes? 

As others have said, break down your stove into constituent parts. I was told a good soaking in coca cola shifts the smell. I can't say for certain, but these two steps have worked for me taking Primus Omnifuel +spares + a couple of bottles on Norwegian (although I think the issue is the airport authorities not the airline) and is easy enough to get hold at the airport if you are in a rush.

One of my bags was opened on the way to Alta (on SAS/Wideroe). They left an official  note explaining that they had their suspicions and that if they had found anything banned (they didn't specify what they thought I was likely to be carrying) they'd have confiscated it, but left all the ziplock bags containing the stove parts in place. Since then I have left enough time in my pans to find a replacement in case I do lose anything during the journey.

Why can’t you just buy your brews from the cabin attendants?

Aeroflot: (Moscow to Tiblisi)

They are brewing the tea on a "Primus" in the cabin. ...

Pre 9/11 you could buy Swiss army knives at Geneva airport after security.

I've flown with an XGK on many flights and never had an issue. Separate the pump from the stove. If you haven't used it recently any left over fuel residue will have long evaporated. I wash out the bottle thoroughly and and have the cap separate so its clear its empty on the x-rays. Same with the return trip.

I remember getting set up at a campsite in Corsica. Us youngsters were about to dive into town to get fuel and food. Old club member ‘let’s have a cuppa first’. Out comes the traditional primus full of fuel, meths bottle for priming and matches. 
 

**** me did you get those past x-ray into hold luggage?

Answer; I didn’t, I took them as hand luggage.

Wash with alcohol (e.g. meths) to remove the petroleum residues.

Wash with water to remove the alcohol residues...

Alcohol is handy, because it is miscible with both olefins and water 

I once had US customs make me rinse it out with coke (their suggestion) to get rid of the residual smell.

I don't know if it helped, but to avoid my fuel bottle being obviously a fuel bottle, after cleaning it I covered it with duct tape and wrote 'Drinking Water Only' on it in permanent marker.

Pre 9/11 all bets were off, i was at checkin, when the lady in front of me pulled out a pair of .45 Magnum from her handbag and put them on the checkin desk (concealed guns allowed in some us states). The whole room scattered.

In those days the flight captain had a box of passenger guns and ammo in the cockpit.

Who cared about Swiss Army knives, Atlanta airport sold full sets of cooks knives, upto Meat Cleaver size. They were allowed as hand luggage.

You need to be sure that all the parts don't smell of fuel, even faintly.  Boiling water and washing up liquid; 2 cycles seems to work.

?Hilariously, at San Francisco international, on the airside (i.e. post security in duty free), there used to be a shop selling air toys - kites, compressed air planes. and...a rocket kit that was essentially fireworks.  No idea if it is still there.

LAPD use pepsi to get rid of blood on the sidewalk I believe

Still can. Security at Geneva lets you through with a Swiss army knife (or at least did 2 years ago when I forgot about one in a side pocket) as to not limit the sale of the knives. Problem comes if you have any transfers.

I had a similar occurrence but they put mine into an envelope for the crew to hold onto for the flight. I was handed the envelope with the Swissy as I walked off the plane.