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The ball refers to a series of lights going from the back of the [[Landing bay|landing bay]] to the front. The pilot uses these lights to adjust his/her speed for a smooth landing. | "The ball" refers to a series of lights going from the back of the [[Landing bay|landing bay]] to the front. The pilot uses these lights to adjust his/her speed for a smooth landing. | ||
Revision as of 01:54, 10 July 2005
As is quite obvious, all pilots need to land. As the saying goes, "What goes up, must come down." What matters here is how they do it. Before the suprise Cylon Attack, and (of course) depending on the ship, the two choices were an automatic landing or a hands-on approach. This is the typical landing procedure aboard the Galactica. It is brought up by Apollo in the mini-series. The opposite of an hands-on approach is the utilization of an auto-landing system. Commander Adama has banned the use of the auto-landing system aboard the Galactica, probably because it involves networking computers. The system probably sends info from the Galactica to the ship that is trying to land and the autopilot would read that info and land the ship itself. The hands-on approach is completely manual though.
Radio calls for a hands-on approach are:
Landing Operator: "Green light for hands-on approach. *Callsign*, call the ball."
Pilot: "I have the ball."
"The ball" refers to a series of lights going from the back of the landing bay to the front. The pilot uses these lights to adjust his/her speed for a smooth landing.