Unauthorized Laser Illumination Event

"Marco Leon" wrote in
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I filled out the form on AC 70-2 and faxed it in. I was thinking about
notifying the aviation dept of Hartford's local PD since they would be
both familiar with the area and in the best position to catch the
*******. Thoughts?

What altitude where you at?

I would bet that a kid with a handheld laser pointer might be very difficult
to catch and prosecute, and I bet even a handheld laser pointer will create a
flash in your eye at 2000 feet, even if the beam has diffused enough that the
"operator" won't be able to tell for sure where it's hitting your plane...

I just hope that the noise grumblers don't get the same idea...

"Judah" wrote in message
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What altitude where you at?

I would bet that a kid with a handheld laser pointer might be very
difficult
to catch and prosecute, and I bet even a handheld laser pointer will
create a
flash in your eye at 2000 feet, even if the beam has diffused enough that
the
"operator" won't be able to tell for sure where it's hitting your plane...

I just hope that the noise grumblers don't get the same idea...

I was at 1,700 feet. I used the Garmin 496 to mark the spot so it
conveniently took note of the time and altitude as well. Switching it to the
Automotive mode, I was able to narrow it down to a 6 block by two block area
in a specific neighborhood in Connecticut.

There was definitely a flash and I lost my nightvision in the left eye for a
little while which was a weird feeling. It was kind of like wearing glasses
with a bug smudge on the left lense.

Marco

"Marco Leon" wrote in
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I was at 1,700 feet. I used the Garmin 496 to mark the spot so it
conveniently took note of the time and altitude as well. Switching it to
the Automotive mode, I was able to narrow it down to a 6 block by two
block area in a specific neighborhood in Connecticut.

There was definitely a flash and I lost my nightvision in the left eye
for a little while which was a weird feeling. It was kind of like
wearing glasses with a bug smudge on the left lense.

Marco

That's a pretty big area. I hope you're successful in finding the
perpetrator...

Marco Leon writes:

I was at 1,700 feet. I used the Garmin 496 to mark the spot so it
conveniently took note of the time and altitude as well. Switching it to the
Automotive mode, I was able to narrow it down to a 6 block by two block area
in a specific neighborhood in Connecticut.

I'm not optimistic about finding the culprit.

There was definitely a flash and I lost my nightvision in the left eye for a
little while which was a weird feeling. It was kind of like wearing glasses
with a bug smudge on the left lense.

Did you see an ophthalmologist?

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Marco Leon writes:

I was at 1,700 feet. I used the Garmin 496 to mark the spot so it
conveniently took note of the time and altitude as well. Switching it
to the Automotive mode, I was able to narrow it down to a 6 block by
two block area in a specific neighborhood in Connecticut.

I'm not optimistic about finding the culprit.


Snort! To bad you';re nto there. You proly got all of Jessica Fletcher's
moves down pat.


There was definitely a flash and I lost my nightvision in the left
eye for a little while which was a weird feeling. It was kind of like
wearing glasses with a bug smudge on the left lense.

Did you see an ophthalmologist?


Why, did you?


Bertie

Judah wrote:

I just hope that the noise grumblers don't get the same idea...

I disagree. Hoping of course they don' hurt anyone it would be nice to put a
few of them in jail.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
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Judah wrote:

I just hope that the noise grumblers don't get the same idea...

I disagree. Hoping of course they don' hurt anyone it would be nice to
put a few of them in jail.

What do you think are the chances of finding the guy, let alone prosecuting
him?

I'd say pretty slim at best. And Marco marked the area with a GPS. I'm not
sure I would have.

"Judah" wrote in message
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What do you think are the chances of finding the guy, let alone
prosecuting
him?

I'd say pretty slim at best.

Possibly. On the other hand, there just might be an annoying teenager in the
neighborhood who has been harassing neighbors, traffic, pets, etc. The
thing with laser-geeks is they can't seem to control themselves. And, who
knows...maybe one of those neighbors is also a pilot.

And Marco marked the area with a GPS. I'm not sure I would have.

Can't hurt.

-c

"Gatt" wrote in message
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Possibly. On the other hand, there just might be an annoying teenager in
the neighborhood who has been harassing neighbors, traffic, pets, etc.
The thing with laser-geeks is they can't seem to control themselves.
And, who knows...maybe one of those neighbors is also a pilot.

And Marco marked the area with a GPS. I'm not sure I would have.

Can't hurt.

I was wondering on the chances of finding the guy as well but after doing a
search on the term "laser" on the FBI website, they seem to be able to find
at least a few of them. Some cases were laughable (i.e. the gut who painted
a police helicopter equipped with night vision) and others did not seem as
easy to catch. But catch they did.

Marco

"Marco Leon" writes:
"Gatt" wrote in message
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Possibly. On the other hand, there just might be an annoying teenager in
the neighborhood who has been harassing neighbors, traffic, pets, etc.
The thing with laser-geeks is they can't seem to control themselves.
And, who knows...maybe one of those neighbors is also a pilot.

And Marco marked the area with a GPS. I'm not sure I would have.

Can't hurt.

I was wondering on the chances of finding the guy as well but after doing a
search on the term "laser" on the FBI website, they seem to be able to find
at least a few of them. Some cases were laughable (i.e. the gut who painted
a police helicopter equipped with night vision) and others did not seem as
easy to catch. But catch they did.

I once got a warning about a laser event as I was flying over San
Jose. They apparently sent out a police helicopter and a police
Cessna to the area to try and "draw fire" so they could locate the
guy.

Chris