The jubilation of hearing this is indescribable to me. Most folks have heard the recent reports of airline cockpits getting illuminated by lasers in flight. I have received warnings myself from ATC to look out for illegal laser activity in the vicinity of some of the airports I’ve flown into. These aren’t just any lasers- Their ultra-powerful devices that can blind pilots. So finally, someone’s going to get lubed in jail for shining a laser at airplanes.

I just found this article about the following idiot from El Paso, Texas.

Artist’s rendition of suspectFederal agents just busted Clinton Udet Pinckert, 47, when they saw his laser illuminate the sky above them. Apparently the agents were waiting nearby. The FAA had several reports by pilots in the last month of a green laser being shined at cockpits and had called in the FBI to stake out an area around where the reports occurred.

And this wasn’t just any laser; it was the size of a flipp’in flashlight at 10″ inches long, and had hit 3 different aircraft at over 30,000 feet, according to the article.

Mr. Pinckert is now accused of attempting to disable a commercial aircraft, a crime which hopefully will get him 20 years of lube jobs
in prison.

~Capt’n Chris

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