I'm betting, if flashing aircraft becomes a bigger problem and keeps growing, at some point, it will become illegal to point any laser in the sky if within some circumference of any city within the USA, it already is within 10 miles of any airport, although I had conflicting information from the FAA, one FAA employee told me 5 miles, another 10 and a power limitation too, of course, we already have a power limitation.
I was pointing one of my better lasers into the sky towards the mountains for a few minutes a few weeks ago and went inside, 30 minutes later (later learned) the police showed up knocking at my door, I didn't see they were there but with all the bell ringing and knocking for 5 minutes I wasn't about to open the door to see but I assumed it was something to do with one of my favorite activities; lighting up the night sky with 445nm. They left their calling card in my door and the next day I started talking to a lawyer to have them contact them, as not to incriminate myself for any wrong doing, as I went about to see if I had actually broken any law, which technically, as far as I knew I hadn't but that didn't relieve my concern, what if an aircraft reported it and I had no idea I bothered anyone? Later I found a police officer was at my door looking for a man who had shot someone that lived near me.... all of that over something that had nothing to do with me... I'm not so favorable to be playing around with the laser at night as I once was, even though it didn't turn out to be what I thought it was all about, it did bring about a better understanding of the law regarding the use of lasers in the city I live in, as I scrambled to be sure I was within the law using my laser.
The reason I didn't answer my door is, if it was the police, I knew how much a problem they can be, they can legally lie to you to get you to incriminate yourself, I didn't even want to take a chance of saying anything to them and if it wasn't them, I didn't want to have to deal with whoever it was banging so loudly, quietly staying in my bed the whole time the door knocker was there. If any one of you are ever questioned by police about anything you have done, never, never answer them, don't say yes, don't say no, tell them to talk to your lawyer, or that you will have your lawyer contact them later. If arrested, don't say anything, nothing, except to talk to your lawyer but be very pleasant about it, it is even more important you don't talk to them then. More and more often today police officers are too predatory, viewing any suspect as their hunted game if investigating something and if you make a wrong move, could end up dead, as many innocent people do every year, hundreds of them in the USA.
hakzaw1, I Like your photo I have so much stuff in my signature now it won't let me add one more word!
