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]]'', as well as the operation of the [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tubes]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Final Cut]]", "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").

Up until his relief from duty and confinement to quarters for waging a private bomb campaign against Baltar's defense counsels (first [[Alan Hughes]], then [[Romo Lampkin]], in "[[The Son also Rises]]"), [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]] was ''[[Galactica]]'' LSO. 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 glideslope indicator of the LSO station.]]


== Notes ==
*Judging from the various duties carried out by Captain 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)[http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm].

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==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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+[[Image:LSO outside.jpg|thumb|An external view of the LSO station ([[Final Cut]]).]]
-[[File:LSOstationinside FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|Interior view of the port LSO station aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|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]]'', as well as the operation of the [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tubes]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Final Cut]]", "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").
-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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+Up until his relief from duty and confinement to quarters for waging a private bomb campaign against Baltar's defense counsels (first [[Alan Hughes]], then [[Romo Lampkin]], in "[[The Son also Rises]]"), [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]] was ''[[Galactica]]'' LSO. 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 glideslope 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}}.
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+== Notes ==
+*Judging from the various duties carried out by Captain 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)[http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm].
-Image:LSO outside.jpg|The LSO station seen from the outside in the [[landing bay]].
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-Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.
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 ==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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