сигнал "Ковер"

English translation: "KOVYOR" signal

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Russian term or phrase:	сигнал "Ковер"
English translation:	"KOVYOR" signal
Entered by:	Jack Doughty

09:03 Apr 3, 2004

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Russian term or phrase: сигнал "Ковер"

From Federal Rules again:

При появлении в воздушном пространстве неопознанных воздушных судов и других материальных объектов в исключительных случаях подается сигнал "Ковер", означающий требование немедленной посадки или вывода из данного района всех воздушных судов, находящихся в воздухе, за исключением воздушных судов, привлекаемых для борьбы с воздушными судами - нарушителями и выполняющих задачи поиска и спасания.

I am not sure if this is the Russian word for "Carpet" or a transliteration of the English word "Cover". I could not find a Carpet or Cover signal on Google.
I intend to post this as an English monolingual question too, to try and rope in as much expertise on the subject as possible.

Jack Doughty KudoZ activity Questions: 609 (none open) (18 closed without grading) Answers: 10082 United Kingdom
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the Kover signal

Explanation:
As I understand it, it's better to transliterate this word. Generally, I believe the meaning has to do with the Russian for "carpet", like in "carpet bombing".

В связи с подъемом в воздух истребителей-перехватчиков и необходимостью расчистить небо от всей другой авиации, находившей в воздухе, по решению руководства страны был дан сигнал "Ковер". По нему все самолеты и вертолеты, не задействованные для уничтожения нарушителя, сажались на ближайшие аэродромы. Это позволило радиолокационным станциям надежнее вести цель.
http://pvo.guns.ru/combat/u2_ural.htm

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Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Local time: 01:50

Grading comment

I agree. After all, if you're a non-Russian-speaking pilot flying over Russia and the air traffic controller yells "KOVYOR!" at you, all you need to know is what to do, not what the Western usage is.
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the Kover signal

Vladimir Pochinov

It obviously has to do with Carpet

Yuri Smirnov

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сигнал "ковер"

the Kover signal

Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Local time: 01:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 106

Grading comment

I agree. After all, if you're a non-Russian-speaking pilot flying over Russia and the air traffic controller yells "KOVYOR!" at you, all you need to know is what to do, not what the Western usage is.

8 mins confidence:

сигнал It obviously has to do with Carpet

Explanation:
I'll keep searching for translations, but all the names of signals and operations in
ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ

от 22 сентября 1999 г. N 1084

ОБ УТВЕРЖДЕНИИ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫХ ПРАВИЛ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ВОЗДУШНОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

are Russian, not English.
And "carpet" makes sense here, too.

Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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