FPP178 - All about Landing Signal Officers with "Jamboy"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

History, Personal Journals, Technology, Society & Culture, Government, Leisure, Aviation

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilot Joe "Jamboy" Kirksey, a career LSO currently serving as "Force Paddles" at the Chief of Naval Air Forces in San Diego, explains the history of LSOs assisting fixed-wing aircraft on aircraft carriers, how LSOs are trained and whether they and their grading methods are still necessary with the advent of Precision Landing Mode.

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0:00.0	Thanks to our sponsor National University.
0:02.3	National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school.
0:06.8	After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran.
0:09.6	That's why NU offers year-round enrollment as well as four and eight-week online
0:13.5	course options, master's degrees and doctoral programs in the most high-demand
0:17.2	field so veterans and service members can advance their careers.
0:20.1	NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911 GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the GI Bill may not.
0:27.0	To find out more, visit NU.EDU forward slash VET.
0:31.0	We consider ourselves the morale officers of the air wing especially when you're on that month aid of
0:35.8	crews on your second extension down at the dumps missing home and sometimes a little
0:40.3	shenanigans or having a beer you know off the ship it goes such a far way I know
0:44.6	Jam boy is good I had a couple beers with him and we talked some good stories and I
0:48.2	trust them got to build that trust and that goes more than just doing your job you You know, you gotta kind of go above and beyond.
0:54.0	Stand watch!
0:55.0	You're going to close five, go.
0:57.0	Last one, five one.
1:01.0	Other samplugs, another samplugs, another sampline, single location.
1:04.0	Roger Head.
1:05.0	Get you on.
1:06.0	Somebody got hit on the road.
1:08.0	Get out of here.
1:09.0	There's nothing to the terminal.
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