[AZ-Observing] Re: Phoenix man sentenced for shining laser at two commercial airliners, police helicopter over Valley

  • From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:14:56 -0700

Of course that's a stupid and dangerous thing to do. But ever since I 
first started hearing about it, I've had to wonder just how "dangerous" 
that really is. I mean, I've got a green laser, and on many occasions 
accidentally reflected it off a shiny surface into my own eyes. The 
natural reaction is to quickly look away. No prob.
Now with a pilot, the distance between laser and eye is gonna be MUCH 
greater, and they'd need to be looking downward to get the full impact. 
Sure ... a green dot bouncing around the cockpit could be distracting to 
a pilot. But I just have a hard time buying these "temporarily blinded" 
reports.

These newer lasers, the ones that approach 1W power output could be more 
an issue certainly. But I don't believe the garden variety laser pointer 
could be that dangerous to pilots.

Dan Heim

On 8/9/2012 12:12 AM, TFW/Thom wrote:
> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/cop_shop/article_4f453d8c-e1c3-11e1-ae68-001a4bcf887a.html?google_editors_picks=true
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> Thom Walczak
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojydNb3Lrrs
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