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[[Image:LSO outside.jpg|thumb|An external view of the LSO station ([[Final Cut]]).]]
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[[Image:LSOstationinside FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|Interior view of the port 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]]").
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.
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]]).]]
== Notes ==


[[Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|thumb|Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.]]
*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). <ref>[http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm Aviator Slang]</ref>
*A slogan on a duty roster in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] reads "Dominate the [[Hands-on approach|ball]] - Be the ball - There is no life without the LSO" ([[Six of One]])


== Additional Images ==


== Notes ==
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*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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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.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Hands-on approach]], for details on the landing procedure
*[[Hands-on approach]], for details on the landing procedure
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]
==References==
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Revision as of 21:23, 14 April 2008

Interior view of the port LSO station (Final Cut).

The Landing Signal Officer (LSO) is the officer who is responsible for all flight operations on the flight pods of battlestars and other military vessels. This includes the landing of all vessels, from Vipers and Raptors to small liners such as Colonial One, as well as the operation of the 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"), Captain Aaron Kelly was Galactica LSO. Kelly's replacement in the position has not yet been featured.

Notes[edit]

  • 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). [1]
  • A slogan on a duty roster in the pilots' ready room reads "Dominate the ball - Be the ball - There is no life without the LSO" (Six of One)

Additional Images[edit]

  • The LSO station seen from the outside in the landing bay.

    The LSO station seen from the outside in the landing bay.

  • Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.

    Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.

See Also[edit]

References[edit]

Re-imagined Series definition: officer responsible for flight operations of either a battlestar or battlestar group

Re-imagined Series definition: officer responsible for flight operations of either a battlestar or battlestar group

Re-imagined Series definition: slang for launch officer, responsible for deployment of craft from a battlestar (TRS: "Miniseries, Night 1")

Re-imagined Series definition: visual indicator used in a battlestar's Instrument Landing System during a hands-on approach (TRS: "Miniseries", "Act of Contrition", "Final Cut", "Black Market")

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