A new USN LSO Reference Manual was produced c. 2011 replacing the much older c.2001 edition. I have not been able to find the new edition online so far.
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Landing Sgnal Officer Manual [Kindle Edition]Today I find this:
http://www.amazon.com/Aircraft-Carrier-Landing-Officer-Manual-ebook/dp/B00FNRT1RIDoes anyone have this? Does anyone know if 'Kindle e-books' (PDFs I presume?) can be read by Adobe Reader/Acrobat. I would guess they can but so far I have not bought any e-books and do not have a Kindle.
Thanks in advance for any feedback please. The 'e-book' may just be an LSO NATOPS Manual - these are free PDFs available in a few places. I can check the index with whatever LSO pubs I have to see if there is a correlation:
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Publication Date: 04 Aug 2013In the past, most of what a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) learned was through direct experience; the longer the LSO "hung around", the more "sea stories" he had heard, the more "lessons learned" he had seen, the more he filed away for later use and as a future reference. Any technical knowledge or information he gained was usually passed by word of mouth, and only after time did the LSO become knowledgeable and proficient in his job.
Today's LSO may not gain as much experience as in the past; however, the demand on LSO proficiency is ever increasing. With pilot flight time decreasing, the procurement of replacement aircraft below requirements, and the cost of per aircraft increasing, the onus on the LSO is now greater. More than ever it is mandatory that the LSO must be able to wave a safe and expeditious recovery every time.
The
LSO Reference Manual is intended to categorize and briefly explain LSO related technical references, establish a training outline for the LSO, and provide a basic document for self study. This guide is not intended to provide all the answers or to replace references which the LSO must know intimately, such as LSO NATOPS, CVNATOPS, Aircraft Recovery Bulletins, Commander Naval Air, Atlantic (AIRLANT), Commander Naval Air, Pacific, (AIRPAC), or Commander Naval Air, Training (CNATRA) instructions/SOP, etc. if used as guide, it should provide answers to many questions and point fledgling LSOs in the right direction for accurate information. As an additional caveat, the
LSO Reference Manual is not intended to be used as a technical source document. [What? I don't get that.?]
Appropriate Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) publications should be consulted for the most current information regarding system design, configurations, etc.
CONTENTS: SECTION I
Equipment
Chapter 1 Optical Landing Systems
Chapter 2 Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (IFLOLS)
Chapter 3 Manually Operated Visual Landing Aid System (MOVLAS)
Chapter 4 Integrated Launch and Recovery Television Surveillance System (ILARTS)
Chapter 5 LSO Workstation / Equipment
Chapter 6 CV(N) Lighting and Markings
Chapter 7 Electronic Landing Aids
Chapter 8 Laser Range Line-up System (to be added)
Chapter 9 Shipboard Arresting Gear
Chapter 10 Steam Catapults
Chapter 11 Shorebased Visual Landing Aids
Chapter 12 Shorebased / Field Arresting Gear
SECTION II Operations
Chapter 13 Shipboard Organization
Chapter 14 Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC)
Chapter 15 The Air Plane
Chapter 16 Aircraft Lighting
Chapter 17 Environmental Factors
Chapter 18 Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) and Carrier Qualification (CQ)
Chapter 19 Debriefing
Chapter 20 Waving Concepts
Chapter 21 Aircraft Data
Chapter 22 Carrier And Field Service Units
SECTION III Administration
Chapter 23 LSO Publications Ordering Information
Chapter 24 LSO Qualifications Correspondence
Chapter 25 LSO Additional Qualification Designator (AQDs)
Chapter 26 Marine Corps LSO Program
Chapter 27 Sample LSO Mishap Statement
Chapter 28 Sample LSO ADMAT Guide
Chapter 29 LSO Personal Equipment
Chapter 30 LSO Points-of-Contact
SECTION IV Aircraft Recovery/Launching Bulletins
Chapter 31 Aircraft Recovery Bulletins
Chapter 32 Aircraft Launching Bulletins"