I requested a copy of the MLO and will be reading it tonight. I have also alerted a couple of other message boards that I am on. To take a look. Thank you for...
Hello, Does anyone in the US, east of the Mississippi, have a favorable weather forecast for the Jupiter occultation? A road trip may be necessary based upon...
The Astronomer's Herschel 400 Journal - An Observing Log Book THE HERSCHEL 400 CLUB JUST GOT EASIER! Description: The Astronomer's Herschel 400 Journal is an...
Thanks. Almost all of my comics are based on real people I know. :-) I was very lucky to enter a club with some very strong women who were avid observers. I ...
This is from a sister organization to my club. You will have to contact him directly as he is not on this list serve. Thanks. Sue Rose President Amateur...
I received the followind astronomy related news release from Cornell university, and wanted to pass it along. Ed Flaspoehler, President American Association...
Dear Colleague, Department of Astronomy & Space physics and Student Science Association announce the 12th Open Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy...
Here is the official reply from the FixtheMLO group regarding the IDA response to our letter calling for an overhaul of the proposed Model Lighting Ordinance. ...
All, I've been "quiet" on this subject for a while and haven't wanted to bring it up. But I want to issue a word of caution to all those with green laser...
I am an Air Traffic Controller at JFK. I had an incident several years ago with a laser pointed at my aircraft on approach that ultimately ended with police...
... HI Susan: That may be...but I guarantee you cannot seriously illuminate the flight deck of an aircraft with a laser pointer like amateurs use to point out...
Hi Rod, <<we all need to stop, take a breath and think about it. 5mw green laser pointers are NOT a terrorist threat! >> You are absolutely correct, however,...
The one that caused us a problem was not a small handheld red laser. The new green ones, however, are more powerful and can easily reach the cockpit of an...
Please see the below responses I've received from others, including a response from a member of the Ilda (International Laser Display Association.) I believe...
My father ( former airline pilot ) related that there was once a passenger hit in the leg by a .22 round. He also used to report kids throwing rocks at landing...
Hello Group, Here's one of the routine reports I get from my contact with a major airline. Ray Shapp ... Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:25 PM Subject:...
I am forwarding this message from Bill Hrabie. He adds some interesting comments to this discussion. Steve I don’t have the code book with me at home but I...
Here is one odd thing I keep noticing in the stories. Perhaps it is the writers not being completely clear. One story I saw today stated that the pilot...
An amateur astronomer was using one to point out constellations to his daughter but it ended up in the cockpit of an aircraft on approach in NJ. He is now...
I trust this will serve. You'll need to register to read the entire article. -- Dave from: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/nyregion/03laser.html F.B.I....
All, See my below FAA notification and dispersion comments, also.... Several articles have now came out since my initial postings that reference lasers and...
Just a quick comment, Several people have posted saying that pilots cannot see the ground, and so it follows that lasers cannot be point upwards to bother the...
Here is an update news in CNN about a New Jersey man who was arrested with a laser. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/04/laserbeam.aircraft.ap/index.html [Non-text...
I think we can truthfully say that David Banach is stupid s0b and only represents something like 0.000001% of us. "Lasers don't blind people, people blind...