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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]]'' ([[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 battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'', the LSO is [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]] ([[Miniseries]], [[Final Cut]]). |
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| == Notes ==
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| *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>
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| *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:
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| * Dominate the Ball!
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| * BE the Ball!
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| * You Are Not Alone!
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| * Trust the LSOs!
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| * There Is No Life Below the Datums!</ref> {{TRS|Six of One}}.
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| == Additional Images ==
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| <gallery mode="slideshow">
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| 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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| </gallery>
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Hands-on approach]], for details on the landing procedure
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| *[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]
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| ==References==
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