Our now 10 yr old Erickson came with the old 14" thick (by 26 X 26 inch) case from S&S that could hold the whole bike. With the new airline regs that limit to total 62" (L + W + T), this case was too big. I took off the hardware and cut it down to overall 10" thick. Some are able to pack the bike in one of these but it is too heavy anyway, so I built a second case of wood/epoxy/fiberglass like building a boat. Actually 2, one from plywood, one from bead/cove redwood. Have used the plywood on Detroit>Paris>Florence and return with good results, but see this discussion:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post10700787
I found web sites specializing in gear for touring rock musicians to be a gold-mine of perfect hardware, for example:
http://www.reliablehardware.com/