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Old 17th May 2008, 11:35
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DouglasDigby
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I have (forwarded) copies of some emails from the company quoted (aparently they were sent the details about the original incident); they will NOT add "Do not point at aircraft" warnings to YouTube or their website.

Thank you for your suggestions, but I do not think its useful.

Lasers get diverged quickly by distance, the laser beam dot become roughly 1.5mm wider after every meters, so in 1000 meters away, a laser beam dot is roughly 1500mm in diameter, it is completely safe to eyes no matter how powerful the laser is, the laser beam dot is too huge.

2 kilometers away a laser beam dot is as wide as 3 meters, and so on.

A laser beam is just dangerous to eyes when it is concentrated to a very small spot.

Fly safe, its not necessary to worry about lasers when you are flying ☺

Best Regards

Sales Department
www.dragonlasers.com

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Then I have nothing to say, in 500 meters range, they could also use guns.

Another reason, lasers in disco and clubs, they are also very powerful, the reason it does not hurt human eyes is that the laser beam moves quickly.

Point a laser from about 100 meters away to a flying pilot, it will just flash eyes but it will not cause damage, and I believe that its impossible to aim.

Best Regards

Sales Department
www.dragonlasers.com
Legislation needed I think - the company is in ChangChun, China, so no hope of changing things there!