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Landing Signal Officer

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Outside the viewing window of the Landing Signal Officer's station within the port landing bay (TRS: "Final Cut").
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 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 (Miniseries, Final Cut).

On battlestar Galactica, the LSO was Captain Aaron Kelly (Miniseries, Final Cut). He used his position to wage a bombing campaign which resulted in the death of Baltar's first lawyer (The Son also Rises) and nearly killed the second. Kelly's replacement in the postion has not yet been featured.

D'anna Biers and Bell record footage of action within the Landing Signal Officer's booth under Lt.
Interior view of the port LSO station (Final Cut).
A glidescope display from the Landing Signal Officer's booth aboard Galactica during Louanne Katraine's landing (TRS: "Final…
Close-up of the glidescope indicator of the LSO station.

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