Waving off (in this context)

Spanish translation: postergar/cancelar aterrizaje

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English term or phrase:Waving off (in this context)
Spanish translation:postergar/cancelar aterrizaje
Entered by: Diana Casoliba Bonache

13:51 Jul 15, 2020
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English term or phrase: Waving off (in this context)
Hola a todos,

¿Me podéis ayudar con el significado de "waving off" en este contexto? Muchas gracias.

He didn’t let go, but he could feel her forcing the correct inputs through her controls. She immediately pulled in a lot more power, gained altitude, then adjusted the attitude of the helicopter so that it floated neatly over the center of the flight deck.
“Deck, 471 waving off,” Victoria said.
Juan felt ashamed. He had nearly put them in the water.
Diana Casoliba Bonache
postergar/cancelar aterrizaje
Explanation:
¡Hola, Diana!:

Justo estoy con un proyecto y no dispongo de mucho tiempo para investigar, pero encontré esto:

wave-off (on an aircraft carrier) the last-minute signaling to an aircraft making its final landing approach that it is not to land on that particular pass but is to go around and come in again.

Fuente: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/wave-off

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-07-15 14:06:10 GMT)
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Es posible que, desde el helicóptero, se esté enviando una señal para indicar que se postergará su aterrizaje.

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Note added at 18 mins (2020-07-15 14:09:31 GMT)
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Según entiendo, Victoria estaba a punto de aterrizar con el helicóptero sobre la cubierta de vuelo, pero se dio cuenta de que no iba a lograrlo y avisó que volvería a intentarlo. Adjunto una imagen relacionada con el tema.

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Maximiliano Vaccaro
Argentina
Local time: 11:01
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1postergar/cancelar aterrizaje
Maximiliano Vaccaro
4Aún lejos
Gabriel Ferrero
3aterrizaje abortado/frustrado
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
waving off (in this context)
postergar/cancelar aterrizaje


Explanation:
¡Hola, Diana!:

Justo estoy con un proyecto y no dispongo de mucho tiempo para investigar, pero encontré esto:

wave-off (on an aircraft carrier) the last-minute signaling to an aircraft making its final landing approach that it is not to land on that particular pass but is to go around and come in again.

Fuente: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/wave-off

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-07-15 14:06:10 GMT)
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Es posible que, desde el helicóptero, se esté enviando una señal para indicar que se postergará su aterrizaje.

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Note added at 18 mins (2020-07-15 14:09:31 GMT)
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Según entiendo, Victoria estaba a punto de aterrizar con el helicóptero sobre la cubierta de vuelo, pero se dio cuenta de que no iba a lograrlo y avisó que volvería a intentarlo. Adjunto una imagen relacionada con el tema.

https://armada.defensa.gob.es/archivo/noticias/conocenosnoti...

Maximiliano Vaccaro
Argentina
Local time: 11:01
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waving off (in this context)
aterrizaje abortado/frustrado


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-around

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_y_al_aire

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 09:01
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Aún lejos


Explanation:
To wave off : use the hand to signal a greeting, to convey a message, etc.
To waive: refrain from a course of action, etc.
En este caso, la señal es que el helicoptero aún no ha llegado a la zona encima del deck 471.


Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 16:01
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