Green laser near Buffalo

[dan9125]

Three people got caught Thursday night pointing a powerfull green laser at an inbound flight to KBUF. Report said it was a FEDEX but his call was Wiggins 7451 I think.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=70362&catid=13


 Dan (KBUF)

[dska22]

Thanks, Dan!

[cptkirk]

Nice clip.

and a nice plug for liveatc.net from WGRZ in the news clip at the link above.

What ID-TEN-Ts

[KPryor]

Very interesting clip, thanks for posting it!  Glad they caught those morons.
KP

[apcyberax]

thats kind of stuff pisses me off.
I do have a high powered laser and there fun to see in the air. but i would never point it at a plane or even a bird. and i'd never use it if i knew i was that close to a airport.

I guess this pisses me off becuase people like that mkae people like me look bad for owning one.

Hope he gets some time inside to think about shit!!!

[djmodifyd]

a few weeks ago i was working the mid shift...and someone shined a green laser at a lifeguard helicopter flight at about 2am.

the pilot said it got in his eyes..what a shame...to any pilot, but especialy to a lifeguard pilot

i don't know if they ever caught them

[Switch Monkey]

Green laser tracking air to groung missles.

[flygirltammy]

Doing that should certainly be, at the very least, a felony.

[sykocus]

We've had a few reports here. One time it came from an Air Force base. They found the guy and he said he was just showing his kid what it could do. 

[Squawk 7700]

Great audio clip with accompanying news story!

[Greg01]

Wiggins is a FedEx feeder...usually out of JHW.

[Steelrman]

Forgive my ignorance, but why would someone have a green laser other than for military applications?  The only lasers I know of for sale to the public are the red laser-pointers used when giving presentations. What's the deal?

[Biff]

Green lasers are perfectly legal and have been sold to the public for years.  They're much more expensive than red lasers, so that's probably why you haven't seen them around much.   Their selling point is they're visible at greater distances than red lasers, and you can see the beam itself in the air at night - good for pointing out constellations and whatnot (so the ad copy goes).

Of course "perfectly legal" doesn't come without restrictions.  Under 5mW lasers are legal to be used outside, provided you don't point them at airplanes, cars, people, etc.  Lasers over 5mW are only legal to be used indoors.

[EdGeneer]

Ya can't fix stupid.....

I have always thought  should be able to eat the ignorant and thwart any future food shortages. But noone listens to me, thus we have laser incidences at airports....

[Steelrman]

Green lasers are perfectly legal and have been sold to the public for years.  They're much more expensive than red lasers, so that's probably why you haven't seen them around much.   Their selling point is they're visible at greater distances than red lasers, and you can see the beam itself in the air at night - good for pointing out constellations and whatnot (so the ad copy goes).

Of course "perfectly legal" doesn't come without restrictions.  Under 5mW lasers are legal to be used outside, provided you don't point them at airplanes, cars, people, etc.  Lasers over 5mW are only legal to be used indoors.

Thanks for the explanation.