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Featured article: July 24, 2007

Concourse B of Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport is the largest international airport in Israel. It is located near the town of Lod, 15 kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv, and operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and border crossings in the State of Israel. The airport, named after the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is the hub of El Al Israel Airlines, Israir Airlines, Arkia Israel Airlines, and Sun D'Or. During the 1980s and 1990s, it was a focus city of the now-defunct Tower Air. Today, Terminal 3 is used for international flights and Terminal 1, for domestic flights. The airport has three runways and is jointly used by commercial, private, and military aircraft. The airport is located on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway, Highway 1, and can be easily reached by car, public bus, or Israel Railways. Ben Gurion Airport is known as one of the most secure airports in the world. The security force includes IDF and police. Security guards operate both undercover and in uniform, allowing for the detection of a wide range of threats. The airport has been targeted for several terrorist attacks, but no successful hijacking of a plane departing from Ben Gurion has ever taken place. (more...)

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Edwards Air Force Base

The world's largest compass rose, drawn on the desert floor at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Painted on the playa near Dryden Flight Research Center, it is inclined to magnetic north and is used by pilots for calibrating heading indicators.

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Featured list: Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Amateur Achievement Award recognizes "significant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity."[1] The award, given since 1979, is managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It consists of $500 and a commemorative plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet. Candidates can be nominated by any astronomer and the nomination should be accompanied by other letters of support. The only exception in its tradition was the year 2002, when the Award Committee, composed of the Board of Directors, did not award any candidate.[1]

Amateur Achievement Award winners

Clinton B. Ford, the 1987 awardee
Clinton B. Ford, the 1987 awardee
Year Name Home Field
1979 McMahon, JamesJames McMahon Flag of the United States United States Occultations
1980 Bateson, FrankFrank Bateson Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Variable stars
1981 Alcock, GeorgeGeorge Alcock Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Novae/Comets
1982 Mayer, BenBen Mayer Flag of the United States United States Problicom
1983 Gunter, J. U.J. U. Gunter Flag of the United States United States Asteroids
1984 Genet, RussellRussell Genet Flag of the United States United States Photoelectric photometry
1985 Thompson, GreggGregg Thompson & Robert Evans Flag of Australia Australia Supernovae

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