http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/30/laser-pointed-at-aircraft-thursday-night-has-the-burien-laser-pointer-returned/ Daily Burien News, Events, Entertainment, Music, Videos & More Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/30/laser-pointed-at-aircraft-thursday-night-has-the-burien-laser-pointer-returned/comment-page-1/#comment-18430 Rick Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:43:40 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=12010#comment-18430 You actually need quite a powerful laser to blind a pilot. Typical laser pointers are 1 milliwatt, hardly enough to even be noticed at the ranges we're talking about for incoming pilots ( about 1 mile distance to get at the right angle to enter the cockpit ). On the other hand a 1 watt laser at 532 nm green would be more than enough to dazzle a pilot at that distance but much larger and less portable than a crappy little laser pointer that you can buy at WallMart. Never point a laser at anyone unless you're a soldier and the enemy is in your cross hairs. You actually need quite a powerful laser to blind a pilot. Typical laser pointers are 1 milliwatt, hardly enough to even be noticed at the ranges we’re talking about for incoming pilots ( about 1 mile distance to get at the right angle to enter the cockpit ).
On the other hand a 1 watt laser at 532 nm green would be more than enough to dazzle a pilot at that distance but much larger and less portable than a crappy little laser pointer that you can buy at WallMart. Never point a laser at anyone unless you’re a soldier and the enemy is in your cross hairs.

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