Military Green Laser Pointer

This extremely powerful Green Laser Pointer is visible over 2 miles
away. Its perfect for pointing at starts and planets. The green beam is
actually visible through the air.

www.GreenLazer.com

On 12 Apr 2005 10:43:04 -0700, postulated
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This extremely powerful Green Laser Pointer is visible over 2 miles
away. Its perfect for pointing at starts and planets. The green beam is
actually visible through the air.

....and just why would someone want to point a laser at a " start"?

Those things can cause temporary blindness and should be banned.

Greasy Rider© @invalid.com wrote:

Those things can cause temporary blindness and should be banned.

They also have the reported ability to be directed, hand-held, into the
cockpits of flying aircraft for seconds at a time.

(And anyone who believes that should try holding the dot on a leaf a
quarter mile away to see how well they do.)

Hysteria aside for just a moment, have a read of ...

http://www.equipped.org/lasers_airliners.htm


"Noah Little" wrote in message
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Greasy Rider© @invalid.com wrote:

Those things can cause temporary blindness and should be banned.

They also have the reported ability to be directed, hand-held, into the
cockpits of flying aircraft for seconds at a time.

(And anyone who believes that should try holding the dot on a leaf a
quarter mile away to see how well they do.)

"Cockpit Colin" wrote:

Hysteria aside for just a moment, have a read of ...

http://www.equipped.org/lasers_airliners.htm

Interesting and reasonable...thanks...

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Fortunately for me, it doesn't PREVENT DETONATION".

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For what it's worth, I own one of the green variety - it's great for
pointing out starts etc at night.

My feeling is that if someone shined in the cockpit from (at least) 1 or 2
miles away, ...

(a) It would give me a bit of a fright - be damned annoying, but not
damaging - possibly causing a precautionary go-around at worst.

(b) Being that the beam is visable, it should be possible to give a
pretty accurate description of where it came from.

(c) Unless you mounted it mechanically, it would be pretty hard to keep
it shining in a cockpit.

Given the current talk on the topic I'm tempted to setup a controlled test
(with an additional safety pilot) where I'll get someone to shine it at me
(perhaps from the tower) during an approach in a GA aircraft.