I'm not a pilot, but I thought planes landed in a slightly "nose up" position, so I'm wondering how a laser beam coming from the ground could have the proper angle to penetrate the cockpit in such a way as to strike the pilot's eyes.
I'm very confused about this. Blackdog says that commercial pilots can't normally see the runway on approach. Why did the Concorde have that mobile drooping nose? I thought that was so the pilots could see the runway.
You may be right. Hadn't thought of that. That suggests a potentially great distance between shooter and shot.