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|    Vincent Coen to Aviation HQ    |
|    Airports under construction in Israel    |
|    19 Feb 26 00:23:48    |
      REPLY: 2:292/854 153a3966       MSGID: 2:250/1@fidonet 6996597f       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0000       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.1.7 (Linux-x86_64)              Hello Aviation!              18 Feb 26 12:57, you wrote to all:               > The Israeli cabinet has announced plans to build a new international        > airport. Another airport is already under construction.               > The new airport is to be built in Ziklag, approximately fifteen        > kilometers from the Gaza Strip. It is approximately 75 kilometers from        > Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, the country's largest airport with 19.1        > million passengers per year.               > The government also wants to further develop the airport at Ramat        > David, near the border with Lebanon.               > "Only in this way can we truly respond to the growing demand from        > tourists and air travel for the many millions of people who come to        > the country every year," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a        > televised address to the ministers.               > Eilat, in southern Israel, is currently the country's second-largest        > airport. However, this airport is only used for limited international        > air traffic.              Very - it can be very hot - was there 19 December 1981, landing at 14:00 (GMT)       and after a cold drink left promptly.       Mind you I was using a C152 - too much plasti-glass - temp was way above 40c.              Went again to drop someone off but using a C340P - a lot quicker to get there       and only 10 minutes on the ground - and that is with Air Con fully operational       at a reasonable 20c approx.              Have not been back since.                     Vincent                     --- Mageia Linux v9 X64/Mbse v1.1.7/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604        * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 18/0 25/0 21 80/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 123/0 126       SEEN-BY: 123/180 755 3001 3002 124/5016 128/187 129/14 305 135/115       SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 1 222/2 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 134 206 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 705       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 5832 250/0 1 3 5 7 8 9 11 13 14 17 18 263/1 5 275/1000       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 291/111 292/854 2226 8125 301/1 310/31       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848 1321 770/1 902/26 3634/0 12 56 57       SEEN-BY: 3634/60 61 5001/100 5019/40 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 250/1 3634/12 222/2 263/1 280/464 292/854 229/426           |
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