Laser beams being aimed at airliners?

He'll be lots of use to his kid when he's in prison. He didn't pose a
threat to anyone. Don't believe the hype.

moo


He did pose a threat, would have posed a greater one if he had access to a more
powerful laser without any qualms, and his kid's better off without that kind
of example. I don't read hype.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:11:02 -0500, Corky Scott wrote:

US District Attorney Christopher J. Christie is quoted as saying:"We
have to send a clear message to the public that there is no harmless
mischief when it comes to airplanes, Mr. Banach's actions as alleged
in the criminal complaint put innocent lives at risk. That is illegal
and unacceptable." I agree with Mr. Christie.

yeah. sending out a message. like the one who was sentences to 55 years in
prison for dealing Marijuhana. yeah. sure.

The manufacturer of the laser pointer expressed regret that his
product had been used in such a manner.

in times like these, and for the security of the Homeland, the manufacturer
should stop the production of the laser immediately and offer huge payments
to everybody involved.

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"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:11:02 -0500, Corky Scott wrote:

US District Attorney Christopher J. Christie is quoted as saying:"We
have to send a clear message to the public that there is no harmless
mischief when it comes to airplanes, Mr. Banach's actions as alleged
in the criminal complaint put innocent lives at risk. That is illegal
and unacceptable." I agree with Mr. Christie.

yeah. sending out a message. like the one who was sentences to 55 years in
prison for dealing Marijuhana. yeah. sure.

The manufacturer of the laser pointer expressed regret that his
product had been used in such a manner.

in times like these, and for the security of the Homeland, the
manufacturer
should stop the production of the laser immediately and offer huge
payments
to everybody involved.

I suppose the same goes for automobile and truck manufacturers throughout
the world. Sheesh.


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Oh. God. What have we done.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:31:28 GMT, Martin Hotze
wrote:

US District Attorney Christopher J. Christie is quoted as saying:"We
have to send a clear message to the public that there is no harmless
mischief when it comes to airplanes, Mr. Banach's actions as alleged
in the criminal complaint put innocent lives at risk. That is illegal
and unacceptable." I agree with Mr. Christie.

yeah. sending out a message. like the one who was sentences to 55 years in
prison for dealing Marijuhana. yeah. sure.

I disagree with your comparison Martin. It's not the same thing.
While I agree that the sentence of 55 year in prison for dealing
Marijuana is wildly excessive for so relatively harmless a drug, it's
very hard to compare that to this case. The marijuana guy was selling
to people who wanted it. No one got inadvertantly high on it while
landing an airplane.

Sure Banach was a really dumb idiot for doing what he did. Does that
excuse him from punishment?

Corky Scott

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:28:32 -0500, Corky Scott wrote:

I disagree with your comparison Martin. It's not the same thing.
While I agree that the sentence of 55 year in prison for dealing
Marijuana is wildly excessive for so relatively harmless a drug, it's
very hard to compare that to this case. The marijuana guy was selling
to people who wanted it. No one got inadvertantly high on it while
landing an airplane.

Sure Banach was a really dumb idiot for doing what he did. Does that
excuse him from punishment?

it depends. a punishment might be on order. but making a point by making an
example .. this seems that they will use the PATRIOT Act etc ...

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Oh. God. What have we done.

"Corky Scott"
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:31:28 GMT, Martin Hotze
wrote:


Mr. Banach's actions as alleged
in the criminal complaint put innocent lives at risk. That is illegal
and unacceptable." I agree with Mr. Christie.

yeah. sending out a message. like the one who was sentences to 55 years in
prison for dealing Marijuhana. yeah. sure.

I disagree with your comparison Martin. It's not the same thing.
While I agree that the sentence of 55 year in prison for dealing
Marijuana is wildly excessive for so relatively harmless a drug, it's
very hard to compare that to this case. The marijuana guy was selling
to people who wanted it. No one got inadvertantly high on it while
landing an airplane.

Sure Banach was a really dumb idiot for doing what he did. Does that
excuse him from punishment?

How much punishment? What was his intent. How bright is this thing at that
distance? I'll bet that if he was shining a followspot at aircraft there
would be nowhere near the same consequences. And a common theatrical
followspot is brighter.

moo

"Corky Scott"
A man has been arrested and charged for the recent laser beam being
aimed into a landing airplane's cockpit in New Jersey.

See:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey...6903307830.xml

After reading the article, a couple of things are of interest: The
laser is called a "Jasper Laser" and was bought from a company in
Oregon over the internet. The laser was described as cigar sized and
had a range of up to 25,000 feet.

I dunno about that. This guy was a few miles from the plane. The light may
have been distracting but I really doubt it temporarily blinded the pilots.
Really doubt it. It's a weird colour of green though. Reminds me of the
tube used in old photocopiers. I remember people warning me about leaving
the cover open to copy a book. Like it was some kind of death ray. So
maybe they were spooked. It's a L A S E R, after all. Gotta be very
dangerous... At three miles, you could see the light from this thing. But,
unless it could be held steady, which it can't, it wouldn't represent a
threat. It's going to be *way* less bright than a hit from the popular 4K
Xenon publicity searchlights. Sounds like hype. (Like the pilot who claims
to have permanent retina damage from a laser show system.)

le moo

"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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I dunno about that. This guy was a few miles from the plane. The light
may
have been distracting but I really doubt it temporarily blinded the
pilots.
Really doubt it. It's a weird colour of green though. Reminds me of the
tube used in old photocopiers. I remember people warning me about leaving
the cover open to copy a book. Like it was some kind of death ray. So
maybe they were spooked. It's a L A S E R, after all. Gotta be very
dangerous...

It didn't bother us when many of us photocopied our faces...or more
importantly, our buttocks.


Matt
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