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| [[File:Viperapproach 104 1080i.jpg|thumb|200px|The ''ball'' shown in the -+- configuration {{TRS|Act of Contrition}}.]] | | As is quite obvious, all pilots need to land. As the saying goes, "What goes up, must come down." What matters here is how they do it. Before the suprise [[Cylon Attack]], and (of course) depending on the ship, the two choices were an automatic landing or a hands-on approach. This is the typical landing procedure aboard the [[Galactica]]. It is brought up by [[Adama, Lee|Apollo]] in the [[mini-series]]. The opposite of an hands-on approach is the utilization of an auto-landing system. [[Adama, William|Commander Adama]] has banned the use of the auto-landing system aboard the [[Galactica]], probably because it involves networking computers. The system probably sends info from the [[Galactica]] to the ship that is trying to land and the autopilot would read that info and land the ship itself. The hands-on approach is completely manual though. |
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| A '''hands-on approach''' refers to landing aboard a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] under the pilot's full manual control, i.e. all flight control inputs come from the pilot, not from any automated system. This is a very difficult skill, requiring much practice to master.
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| There are two kinds of hands-on approaches: the [[Action Stations|condition three]]-mode landing, as performed by Lee Adama when first arriving on ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Miniseries}}; and the high-speed [[combat landing]].
| | Landing Operator: "Green light for hands-on approach. *Callsign*, call the ball." |
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| At the time of the surprise [[Cylon Attack]], complacency allows battlestars to routinely use computerized auto-landing systems to network with a ship's controls and guide it into the flightpods. On ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', [[William Adama]]'s orders make hands-on approach the only accepted landing procedure. The uniqueness of this policy is evident from {{callsign|Apollo}}'s confusion when he is instructed to land his [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mk VII manually {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
| | Pilot: "I have the ball." |
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| Commander Adama has banned the use of auto-landing systems aboard ''Galactica'' because it would expose the computers to vulnerabilities exploited by the Cylons in the first war (such as [[Cylon computer virus|viruses]]), part of his no-networked-computers policy to protect against future [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attacks.
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| [[File:Handsonapproach.jpg|thumb|200px|Captain {{callsign|Lee Adama}} completes a hands-on approach in his [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mk. VII {{TRS|Miniseries}}.]]
| | The ball refers to a series of lights going from the back of the [[Landing bay|landing bay]] to the front. The pilot uses these lights to adjust his/her speed for a smooth landing. |
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| A typical [[wireless]] exchange for a hands-on approach between [[LSO|Landing Signal Officer]] and pilot might go like this:
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| :'''LSO:''' "[[Viper 791|Viper seven niner one]] / ''Galactica'', you are cleared for approach ... Speed one seven five, port bay, hands-on approach, checkers green, call the ball<ref>The "ball" refers to the arrangement of crossed navigational lights at the lip of the [[landing bay]], and/or the visual cue on a cockpit display (as seen in [[Louanne Katraine|Kat's]] Viper in "[[Act of Contrition]]"). The pilot would use this to adjust his/her glideslope for a proper approach into the flight pod. The phrase "I have the ball" informs the LSO that the pilot has acquired this visual cue and is beginning the final approach.</ref>."
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| :'''Pilot:''' "Copy. I have the ball."
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| == References ==
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| [[fr:Approche manuelle]]
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