запасной аэродром

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Noun

запасно́й аэродро́м (zapasnój aerodrómm inan (genitive запасно́го аэродро́ма, nominative plural запасны́е аэродро́мы, genitive plural запасны́х аэродро́мов)

  1. (aviation) alternate aerodrome, alternate airport, alternate airfield (an aerodrome to which a flight must proceed if landing at the intended destination becomes impossible or inadvisable)
    • 1998, Юрий Кириллов, Аркадий Ромм, “Роковой Олимп ― разбор полета”, in Общая газета:
      Шведский Боинг, заходивший в тумане на посадку перед Як-42, не увидев сигнальных огней, улетел на запасной аэродром.
      Švedskij Boing, zaxodivšij v tumane na posadku pered Jak-42, ne uvidev signalʹnyx ognej, uletel na zapasnoj aerodrom.
      A Swedish Boeing which attempted to land in the fog before the Yak-42 failed to see the landing lights and proceeded to its alternate airport.
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) plan B, backup option
    • 2009, С. Б. Рассадин, Книга прощаний. Воспоминания о друзьях и не только о них:
      Даже «запасной аэродром», рано объявившееся литературное дарование, еще не гарантировал душевной гармонии.
      Daže «zapasnoj aerodrom», rano obʺjavivšejesja literaturnoje darovanije, ješče ne garantiroval duševnoj garmonii.
      Even his plan B, his precocious literary gift, was not a sufficient guarantee of mental harmony.

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