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Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
III. Landing Signal Officer (LSO) 9.2.1.1
Sg 3, fr 2
FIELD CARRIER
A.
Responsibilities
LANDING
PRACTICE
1.
Oversees safe and expeditious recovery of
fixed-wing aircraft aboard ship
* Fresnel Lens
Optical Landing
Aid System
2.
Trains pilots in carrier landing techniques by
* Improved Fresnel
a.
Monitoring pilot performance
Lens Optical
Landing System
b.
Scheduling and conducting necessary ground
* Landing Signal
training
Officer (LSO)
c.
Counseling and debriefing individual pilots
* Flying the FCLP
pattern
d.
Certifying carrier qualification
* FCLP
B.
LSO Calls 9.7.1.2.4.1
1.
Informative
Sg 3, fr 3
VIDEO STILL - LSO
NOTE: Informative calls are used to advise the pilot
ON DECK WITH AN
of existing situations. Remember that the LSO can
F-18 CATCHING
see an aircraft trend developing before the pilot
THE WIRE
does.
LSO
a.
“You’re [a little] high”: adjust rate of descent
immediately with power/nose attitude to
reestablish center ball
b.
“You’re [a little] low”: adjust glideslope
immediately with power/nose attitude to
reestablish center ball
c.
“You’re going high/low”: adjust rate of descent
with power/nose attitude to maintain center ball
d.
“Your lined up left/right”: make lineup correction
back to centerline
e.
“You’re drifting left/right”: stop drift and correct
lineup back to centerline
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