A little off topic...but needed to vent on this

Interesting discussion on the difficulty of doing this in a way that would
be truly dangerous
http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2004...e.shtml#007888


"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
message ...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050105/D87DUR3O0.html

From reading this...it sounds like the beamn bounces
into the cockpit once it comes through the glass.

The guy doing this was no Einstein...he used the laser
on the helicopter looking for him.




At 00:31 05 January 2005, For Example John Smith wrote:
I haven't understood this 'threat' since I first heard
about it. Please
''splain it to me Lucy'.
How does someone on the ground shine a laser into an
aircraft cockpit? Up
high, almost every angle to the cockpit is blocked
by the plane itself.
Down low, most angles are still blocked because of
the nose high attitude of
the plane.
Wouldn't you have to be ABOVE, or at least level with,
the plane in order to
shine a laser into the cockpit? Shining it into the
pilots eyes would be
even harder because the pilot sits back some distance
from the windshield.
Help me out--I don't get it

'Stewart Kissel' wrote in
message ...
http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/arti...ews2-laser.htm

This kinda stuff drives me nuts....

When people are either to ignorant, or think they
can
get away with something, that is not okay.

'Hey dad, lets go shine the laser at some more planes
tonight, sure is fun'

The can lock up the whole family as far as I am conerned

IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO
Dumb? Yes? Annoying? Yes? A danger? Probably not?
Have any of us in our youthful ignorance done anything just as stupid?
Adults on the other hand should be taken to the cleaners.
IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO IMHO

This guy is in a world of trouble. The government has to come down hard on
him. If nothing else he better be squeaky clean, he invited big brother into
his house!

Douglas

And to show how serious they are, the FAA has issued an Advisory
Circular on how to report an incident of "laser tracking of your
airplane". AC 70-2, issued January 11, 2005. Saw it on the printer at
work yesterday.

Steve Leonard

Hi,

The government has to come down hard on him.

The same government that is currently testing lasers as a means of signalling
to aircraft that violate the Washington DC ADIZ?

Ciao, MM
--
Marian Aldenhövel, Rosenhain 23, 53123 Bonn. +49 228 624013.
http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
"There is a procedure to follow in these cases, and if followed it can
pretty well guarantee a generous measure of success, success here
defined as survival with major extremities remaining attached."