Debbie Payne of Petaluma, California says she heard a loud crash
that shook her two-story home, discovered a hole in her roof and
two torn window screens, and then found a damaged camera lens
outside her home. Local police are trying to find the owner of the
lens, and figure out how it fell from the sky.
The increased effort to prosecute those who point lasers at
aircraft isn't turning out to be much of a deterrent. The FAA says
the problem is growing rapidly, despite the imposition of an
$11,000 civil penalty in one case in June. There were 2,776
reported cases in 2010. The FAA says we're on track to top that by
35 percent in 2011.
"(Y)our spectrum was purchased at bargain prices because
it was not intended for terrestrial operations." Source:
Letter from Congressman Tom Petri to the CEO of Lightsquared.
A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR) departure procedure
printed for pilot use in textual or graphic form to provide
obstruction clearance via the least onerous route from the terminal
area to the appropriate en route structure.
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