USN LSO

symbology 10 Apr 80
explained
on last 2
pages of
this PDF * then last FCLP page 30 May 1982
Click
graphic

Leut John Siebert LSO + LSO writer (helper)

Photo by
LCDR J.R. Brown
RAN (retd.) LEUT Peter James RAN LSO
 Heavy
Lifting

Max. Landing Fuel

If the max. arrestor gear speed
(ground speed) was 107 knots
then an A4G had to have at
least 21 knots of wind and ship
speed combined to be able to
land at the max. landing weight
of 14,500 lbs (roughly 2.500 lbs
of fuel minus weight of external,
LSO Notes Arrestor Gear Max. Engage
Ground Speed is 107 knots
expended stores, i.e. empty
rocket pods or buddy store.)
 CRUISE
VF805 RIM- 12 Feb –
16 Apr

PAC — 1980 1980

VF-805
LINE-
BOOK
PAGE
edited
 RAN A4G 887
Click graphic below

Click graphic below

click
below
for
radio
code
sound VF-805
LINE-
BOOK
‘Chicks’ The code phrase “chicks in tow” used PAGE
in Tow by a refuelling tanker is perhaps not
politically correct in Australia today
edited
 VF-805
LINE-
Click me BOOK
below :-) PAGE
edited
VF-805
LINE-
BOOK
PAGE
edited
Hang Loose Hawaii!!! VF-805 LineBook page (edited)
Early 1980

Day dreaming about home?

 CO = LCDR Clive Blennerhassett
SP [XO] = LCDR Keith Johnson
CO is ‘Commanding Officer’ & SP is ‘Senior Pilot’ or Executive Officer

LCDR Clive Blennerhassett

LEUT Allan Clark; Andy Sinclair; Kim

Baddams LSO; Bob Stumpf USN;
SBLT Mick Maher LSO; Gary Osmond
& Ray France squadron pilots onboard
CLICK
for
A-4G
S2E/G Trackers here
on this page only +
VF-805
LINE-
BOOK
PAGE
edited

JUST FOR
ONE DAY

The day before arriving in Sydney Harbour, the CAG (Carrier Air Group) with 6
A4Gs has gone back to NAS Nowra, leaving the 'subbies' in charge — OH NO!
S2 Tracker
Side Number

LSO symbology See the last pages for

explained last two photos of pilots during
pages of this PDF and after the cruise here
 Peter
“Frog” = Neville
‘Froggy’ French LSO
Clark

USMC

“Blem” = ‘Blemish’ (David),

younger brother of ‘Bruiser’
Click (Kim) Baddams LSO
Gary
Northern
2nd A4G
LSO in
1969

Maher
Major
Tom
White
USMC
???
Binskin
VF-805 last MADDLS - FCLP page before disbanding

LCDR Keith Johnson (SP) was

This is how the MADDLS/ also an LSO (the first 1968 A4G
FCLP page looks — LSO
symbology last two pages
qualified — trained USN school)
 BEFORE THE SKYHAWK LSO ERA
Watercolor Artist Unknown RAN F.A.W. 53 Sea Venom
‘First Deck Landing’
805 Squadron Line Book 1960s

805
LINE-
BOOK
PAGE
edited

Terrific
Hide

Solid
Hide
“Observer” (guides pilot to air
target using onboard radar day/ Pilot
night, any weather conditions)
Click Venom on right for DL Fighter All Weather Mark 53 De Havilland Sea Venom
 USN ‘Approach’ magazine Sept 1965

Click for video of how a USN LSO debriefs Reserve A4 pilots on their DLs
VF-805 Linebook page (edited) BOLTER
BOLTER
BOLTER

Please click graphic above for video clip

BOLTER
L SYMBOL
I
N
E

U
P

BOLTER = NOT catching an arrestor wire with the aircraft hook

 ’80 Leut Bob VF-805 Squadron
Stumpf USN HMAS Melbourne, 1979
exchange

Sblt Gary Osmond

= Pilot in LSO logbook

Farewell drinks? — NAS Nowra, 1980 Leut Bob
= Pilot in LSO logbook Stumpf USN

Leut Andy
Sinclair
 L to R: CO LCDR Clive Blennerhassett; SP Peter Clark; LEUT Andy Sinclair; SBLT Eamon Lines & David Baddams; MAJOR Tom White USMC (exchange); AEO
OVER
SEA &
SAND

= Pilot in LSO logbook VF-805 Squadron, Singapore, Sept. 1980

VF-805 Line Book Page (edited)

Click
below
for an
‘old
A4G
pilot’
theme
tune

A ‘late Charlie’ time

‘Charlie reaction from ‘CAG’
time’ is
the
exact
recovery
time to
the
deck/
arrest
(to the
minute
or less)
VF-805 July 1982 at L to R: Leut John Bartels; Lcdr Gary Nothern CO; Major Chuck Smith
USMC; Lcdr Peter Clark SP; Leut Gary Osmond;
Decommissioning Sblt Dave Baddams;
NAS Nowra Sblt Paul Kalade
END

B Z
NAVAIR 00-80T-104 NAVAIR 00-80T-104

11.4.1 General Symbols 11.4.2 Descriptive Symbols

APARTS APARTS
SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING APARTS APARTS
SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING
SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING

WO WO Waveoff _______ _Comment_ Underline.

For emphasis AA AA Angling approach HO HO Hold off

WOP WOP Waveoff Pattern ACC ACC Accelerate

PATT PATT Pattern LIG LIG Long in the groove

OWO OWO Own Waveoff AFU AFU All “fouled” up LL LL Landed left
(A) APC/Auto

TWO TWO Test Waveoff B B Flat glideslope LLU LLU Late lineup
APC/Auto downgraded to
TLU TLU Test Lineup manual C Climbing LO LO Low

OK _OK_ Perfect pass | M1 Mode I ACLS (record in LR LR Landed right

grade column) CB CB Coming back to lineup

OK OK Reasonable deviations LTR LTR Left to right

Mode I ACLS, uncoupled CD CD Coming down
with good corrections
after the ball call
CH CH Chased LU LU Lineup
(OK) (OK) Fair.
Reasonable deviations • • A dot between two
symbols indicates “on” CO CO Come-on LUL LUL Lined up left
(e.g., S• LUIC)
— –– No-grade. Below average
but safe pass CU CU Cocked up LUR LUR Lined up right
— – A dash between two sym-
bols indicates “to” (e.g.,
DD DD Deck down LWD DLW Left wing down
C Cut. Unsafe, gross devi- HIM-IC)
ations inside waveoff
window SQUARE Comment [ ] A square around any DEC DEC Decelerate N N Nose
symbol indicates that a
B Bolter signal was not answered DL DL Drifted left NC NC Nice correction

CIRCLE Comment ( ) A circle around any DN DN Dropped nose ND ND Nose down

NC NC No count (used in grade symbol indicates that a
column) signal was answered too
slowly DR DR Drifted right NEA NEA Not enough attitude
() () Parentheses around any
symbol signifies “a little” OC When used as a prefix to DU DU Deck up NEP NEP Not enough power
(e.g., (F) means “a little any symbol, “ ” indicates
fast”) “over controlled” EG EG Eased gun NERD NERD Not enough rate of descent

F F Fast NERR NERR Not enough right rudder

FD FD Fouled deck NESA NESA Not enough straight away

GLI GLI Gliding approach NH NH No hook

H H High NSU NSU Not set up

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NAVAIR 00-80T-104 NAVAIR 00-80T-104

11.4.3 Symbol Suffixes

APARTS APARTS
SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING APARTS APARTS
SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING SYMBOL SYMBOL MEANING
OR OR Overrotate TMA TMA Too much attitude IM IM In the middle (middle one-
CCA CCA Carrier controlled approach
third of the glideslope)
OS OS Overshoot TMP TMP Too much power
OT OT Out of turn (as aircraft rolls IC IC In close (last one-third of
wings level) glideslope)
OSCB OSCB Overshot coming back TMRD TMRD Too much rate of descent
AR AR At the ramp
P P Power BC BC Ball call
TMRR TMRR Too much right rudder TL TL To land

X X At the start (first one-third IW IW In the wires

PD PD Pitching deck TTL TTL Turned too late
of glideslope) AW AW All the way
PNU PNU Pulled nose up TTS TTS Turned too soon

ROT ROT Rotate TWA TWA Too wide abeam

THE LANDING
NAVAIR 00-80T-104 SIGNAL OFFICER
RUD RUD Rudder W W Wings
THE LSO
RUF or RUF Rough WU WU Wrapped up WORKSTATION

NORMAL
RWD DRW Right wing down XCTL XCTL Cross control
NATOPS PROCEDURES

RR RR Right rudder ^ Over the top LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER EMERGENCY

MANUAL PROCEDURES

RTL RTL Right to left

LLWD Landed left wing down EXTREME WEATHER
CONDITION OPERATIONS
S S Settle
THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES NAVAIR 00-80T-104
LRWD Landed right wing down DATED 1 NOVEMBER 1997 AND CHANGED 15 AUGUST 1998. COMMUNICATIONS
SD SD Spotted deck

NATOPS EVAL, PILOT

SHT SHT Ship’s turn LNF Landed nose
PERFORMANCE RECS,
A/C MISHAP STATEMENTS

SKD SKD Skid

3PTS Landed 3 points
SLO SLO Slow
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT C — Distribution authorized to U.S. Government
Agencies and their contractors to protect publications required for official use or for
administrative or operational purposes only determined on 1 May 1992. Other
SRD SRD Stopped rate of descent Fly through the glideslope requests for this document shall be referred to Commanding Officer, Naval Air
(going up) Technical Data and Engineering Service Command, Naval Air Station, North Island,
P.O. Box 357031, Building 90, Distribution, San Diego, CA 92135–7031.

ST ST Steep turn DESTRUCTION NOTICE — For unclassified, limited documents, destroy by any
method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.
Fly through the glideslope
TCA TCA Too close abeam (going down)
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AND
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMANDER,
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND. INDEX

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