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A landing signal officer or landing safety officer (LSO), also informally known as paddles (United States Navy) or batsman , is a naval aviator specially trained to facilitate the "safe and expeditious recovery" of naval aircraft aboard aircraft carriers. [1]
The landing signal officer (LSO) is a qualified, experienced pilot who is responsible for the visual control of aircraft in the terminal phase of the approach immediately prior to landing. LSOs ensure that approaching aircraft are properly configured, and they monitor aircraft glidepath angle, altitude, and lineup.
When an aircraft bolters on a United States Navy carrier, the Landing Signal Officer (LSO) often transmits "bolter, bolter, bolter" over the radio. United States Navy LSOs grade each carrier landing attempt on a scale of 0–5. [5] Assuming the approach was safe and at least average, a bolter is graded as 2.5. [5]
From the beginning of aircraft landing on ships in the 1920s to the introduction of OLSs, pilots relied solely on their visual perception of the landing area and the aid of the Landing Signal Officer (LSO in the U.S. Navy, or "batsman" in the Commonwealth navies). LSOs used coloured flags, cloth paddles and lighted wands.
Conventional ("tailhook") aircraft rely upon a landing signal officer (LSO, radio call sign 'paddles') to monitor the aircraft's approach, visually gauge glideslope, attitude, and airspeed, and transmit that data to the pilot. Before the angled deck emerged in the 1950s, LSOs used colored paddles to signal corrections to the pilot (hence the ...
NATOPS program manager: An officer assigned by the NATOPS model manager who performs administrative responsibilities for the NATOPS program for a given T/M/S aircraft, operational system, or training/support system and who is given written authority to act on behalf of the NATOPS model manager in NATOPS-related matters.
Landing support officer (LSO) team – maintained the airspace at any landing site, dispatch Search and Rescue teams if needed, act as first liaison in case of a landing outside the US Nav support team – responsible for maintaining the on-board navigation (telemetry) and the ground navigation (tracking)
LPA – Landing, Personnel, Attack, class/type of ship. LPH – Landing, Personnel, Helicopter, class/type of ship. LPO – Leading Petty Officer; LPOD – Last Plane On Deck; LRAD – Long Range Acoustic Device; LS – Logistics Specialist; LSD – Landing Ship, Dock, class/type of ship. LSO – Landing Signal Officer; LST – Landing Ship ...