Editing Landing Signal Officer

[[Image:LSO outside.jpg|thumb|An external view of the LSO station ([[Final Cut]]).]]
The '''Landing Signal Officer''' (LSO) is the officer who is responsible for all flight operations on the [[flight pod]]s of [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s and other military vessels. This includes the landing of all vessels, from [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor|Raptors]] to small liners such as ''[[Colonial One]]'' ([[Miniseries]], "[[Final Cut]]").

On ''[[Galactica]]'', the LSO was [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]]. He used his position to wage a bombing campaign which results in the death of [[Alan Hughes|Baltar's first lawyer]] and nearly kills [[Romo Lampkin|the second]] ([[The Son also Rises]]). Kelly's replacement in the position has not yet been featured.

[[Image:LSOstationinside FinalCut.JPG|thumb|left|Interior view of the port LSO station ([[Final Cut]]).]]

[[Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|thumb|Close-up of the glidescope indicator of the LSO station.]]

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

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+The '''Landing Signal Officer''' (LSO) is the officer who is responsible for all flight operations on the [[flight pod]]s of [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s and other military vessels. This includes the landing of all vessels, from [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor|Raptors]] to small liners such as ''[[Colonial One]]'' ([[Miniseries]], "[[Final Cut]]").
-The '''Landing Signal Officer''' (LSO) is the officer who is responsible for all flight operations on the [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight deck]]s of [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s and other military vessels. This includes the landing of all vessels, from {{RDM|Viper}}s and [[Raptor]]s, to small liners such as ''[[Colonial One]]'' and ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'', as well as the operation of the [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tubes]] {{TRS|Miniseries|Final Cut|Flight of the Phoenix}}.
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+On ''[[Galactica]]'', the LSO was [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]]. He used his position to wage a bombing campaign which results in the death of [[Alan Hughes|Baltar's first lawyer]] and nearly kills [[Romo Lampkin|the second]] ([[The Son also Rises]]). Kelly's replacement in the position has not yet been featured.
-== Notes ==
+[[Image:LSOstationinside FinalCut.JPG|thumb|left|Interior view of the port LSO station ([[Final Cut]]).]]
-*Judging from the various duties carried out by Captain [[Aaron Kelly]] as LSO, the job in the Colonial Fleet is much more expansive than the title implies. In contemporary U.S. naval aviation, he would be a combined LSO, "shooter" (catapult officer) and "Air Boss" (flight deck operations manager). <ref>[http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm Aviator Slang]</ref>
+[[Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|thumb|Close-up of the glidescope indicator of the LSO station.]]
-*A slogan on a duty roster in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', reads "Dominate the [[Hands-on approach|ball]] - Be the ball - There is no life without the LSO"<ref>Borrowed and condensed from real-life advice documented in "Bogeys and Bandits" by Robert Gandt:
-* Dominate the Ball!
-* BE the Ball!
-* You Are Not Alone!
-* Trust the LSOs!
-* There Is No Life Below the Datums!</ref> {{TRS|Six of One}}.
-== Additional Images ==
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-Image:LSO outside.jpg|The LSO station seen from the outside in the [[landing bay]].
-Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.
-</gallery>
 ==See Also==
-*[[Hands-on approach]], for details on the landing procedure
 *[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]
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