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[[Image:LSOstationinside FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|Interior view of the port LSO station aboard ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Final Cut]]").]]<br />
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 [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor|Raptors]], 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]]").<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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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><br />
*A slogan on a duty roster in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|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:<br />
* Dominate the Ball!<br />
* BE the Ball!<br />
* You Are Not Alone!<br />
* Trust the LSOs!<br />
* There Is No Life Below the Datums!</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]").<br />
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== Additional Images ==<br />
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Image:LSO outside.jpg|The LSO station seen from the outside in the [[landing bay]].<br />
Image:Glideslope FinalCut.JPG|Close-up of the glideslope indicator of the LSO station.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Hands-on approach]], for details on the landing procedure<br />
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]<br />
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