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Old November 13th 07, 04:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Unauthorized Laser Illumination Event

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Mxsmanic wrote:

the warlock society writes:

ok ill bite; why are you 'not sure you would have' marked the spot
with your GPS? Do I need to make a tinfoil hat before hearing your
answer?


Apart from the potential futility of doing so, there's also the danger that
you'd get zapped with the laser again.


The same thing happened about a year and a half ago to a friend of
mine's son, who was approaching Detroit at night, in an airliner
cockpit. He and his copilot came out OK, but the pilot of a following
plane had some eye damage.

According to the story, that incident happened over one of the densest
concentrations of Muslims near Detroit. I have no feedback on whether or
not they caught the perps, or even who they were.

It seems that they would have to have at least a telescopic sight on the
laser and have that mounted on a rifle stock, so they could get a
precision aiming.
 




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