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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]
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.
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]
Manazir completed F-14A training and reported for duty to VF-51 as a pilot and landing signal officer (LSO) in July 1984. He has flown over 3,750 hours and made 1,200 arrested landings over the course of 15 deployments aboard aircraft carriers. [3] Manazir made one ejection from an F-14A, while an instructor. [4]
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)
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.
In April 1969, he returned to VF-121 as the senior landing signal officer (LSO). In early 1970 he joined the relatively new United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) as an air-to-air and air-to-ground instructor. [1] F-4S Phantom IIs of VF-302 in flight over NAS North Island, California on 27 March 1981. Pettigrew piloted the lead aircraft