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Originally Posted by L473ncy
NEVER EVER EVER POINT A LASER OF ANY POWER AT AIRCRAFT!
If you're caught lasering an aircraft you can be charged federally! It's a hazard to pilots, not only can it mess with their vision but if flying at night it can ruin their night vision and that's never cool especially when you're trying to land a 747 or an Airbus (and there's windshear, micro bursts, low vis and other crappy Wx that they have to deal with). In fact some people in the US have been charged under the Patriot Act Anti-Terrorism laws for lasering aircraft. In Canada I believe Transport Canada deals with this and it's a federal crime carrying a $100,000 charge AND 5 years in the Pen.
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Fixed. Nothing illegal about pointing lasers to the sky. We do it all the time in astronomy in numerous applications such as pointing shit out in the sky, as part of adaptive optics systems and measuring the distance to the moon. You just have to be careful not to tag an aircraft with it.