e/Optical Landing System

Information
has gloss	eng: An Optical Landing System (OLS) is used to give glidepath information to pilots in the terminal phase of landing on an aircraft carrier. 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 US Navy, or "batsman" in the Commonwealth navies). LSOs used colored flags, cloth paddles and lighted wands.
lexicalization	eng: Optical Landing System
instance of	(noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop, aircraft carrier

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Als Optical Landing System wird ein optisches System zur Unterstützung des Landeanflugs auf Flugzeugträgern und Militärflugplätzen bezeichnet. Das System ist auch unter den Spitznamen Meatball (dt. Fleischball) bekannt.
lexicalization	deu: Optical Landing System

Media
media:img	816-squadron-flypast-hmas-melbourne-1979.jpg
media:img	FS CdG Optics.jpg
media:img	Flugsimulator.jpg
media:img	IFLOS Mk 14.JPG
media:img	IFLOS diagram.JPG
media:img	IFLOS picture.JPG
media:img	Landing mirror CVA-20 NAN11-55.jpg
media:img	Optical Landing System, day, aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).jpg
media:img	Optical Landing System, night, aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).jpg
media:img	PLAT MOVLAS.JPG
media:img	Point stabilization.png