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

  • From: "J. D MADDY" <maddy0485@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:40:20 -0700

I saw a news bit a while back about the incidences and it was indicated that 
the lasers were in the over 500mw range. Those things are really bright and are 
much too bright for astronomical use. Maybe after this hits the national news 
about the nice vacation stay in jail, idiots will get a clue and not try this 
again. 

JD Maddy
Clarkdale, AZ

> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:14:56 -0700
> From: dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Phoenix man sentenced for shining laser at two 
> commercial airliners, police helicopter over Valley
> 
> 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
> >
> > Thom Walczak
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojydNb3Lrrs
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