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94D
Schenectady, United States
Runway 38W
Elevation210 ft asl
Weight2,536 lbs
Fuel539 lbs
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

80.97 %
KSCH
Schenectady, United States
Runway 04
Elevation315 ft asl
Weight2,482 lbs
Fuel485 lbs
15 Aug 2023 0:53 52 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 54 lbs
Departure Score
70.59 %
Enroute Score
98.76 %
Arrival Score
64.75 %

What went well

Touchdown 1,234 ft in — inside the full-score zone

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, Threshold speed at 59 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 60 %, −6.69 points
Departure Roll — taxi light on should off; Takeoff distance 20,982 ft at 0 %, Runway alignment max 5,353.6 ft at 0 %, −6.16 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -139.8 ° at 0 %, g force 0.03 to 1.08 g at 59 %, −3.38 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 7.9 ° at 0 %, Touchdown VSI was -393 ft/m. at 64 %, −2.13 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 19 stages, 19 scored

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 97.60Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 15 minutes and covered 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Average speed 14 kn0 kn min to max 26 kn 0 19 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 14 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.78 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 0.95 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.2 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.2 3.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Departure Roll 44.60Departure roll runway 38W at 94D Wells. Takeoff distance 20,982 ft 782 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 52 kn. Local weather - Temperature 58 °F. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Takeoff distance 20,982 ft782 % of runway
44 % Liftoff speed was 52 knTarget 70 kn
0 % Runway alignment max 5,353.6 ft5,353.6 ft left to 0.0 ft left 5,353.6 4,978.2 ft
59 % Average g force 0.56 g0.03 g min to max 0.93 g 0.93 0.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °3.8 ° min to max 7.7 ° 4.0 7.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.0 1.5 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light ON should OFF
Departure Climb 1 69.57Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 38W 94D Wells.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -139.8 °-140.1 ° min to max -139.4 ° -140.1 -139.4 °
100 % Average speed 59 kn52 kn min to max 62 kn 52 62 kn
95 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 1.6 0.4 °
59 % Average g force 0.94 g0.03 g min to max 1.08 g 0.03 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 494 ft/m318 ft/m min to max 656 ft/m 318 656 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 0 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °7.8 ° min to max 13.2 ° 7.8 13.2 °
Enroute Climb 90.02Enroute climb started overhead KSCH Schenectady County Schenectady (New York, United States). Climbing from 374 ft asl to 5,241 ft asl, an increase of 4,866 ft in 5 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Climb speed 78 kn55 kn min to max 92 knTarget 90 kn 62 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
79 % Average g force 0.92 g0.38 g min to max 1.05 g 0.95 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 993 ft/m-59 ft/m min to max 2,144 ft/m 664 -59 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,137 ft asl374 ft asl min to max 5,241 ft asl 374 5,241 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 10.7 °3.1 ° min to max 19.4 ° 13.3 3.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 220 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 74 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 4,677 ft agl · 98 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Clifton Park (Saratoga County, New York, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,303 ft asl5,255 ft asl min to max 5,417 ft asl 5,263 5,255 ft asl
100 % Average speed 87 kn73 kn min to max 92 kn 83 92 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.1 °0.4 ° min to max 27.0 ° 0.7 27.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.87 g min to max 1.04 g 0.97 1.03 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-3.4 ° min to max 9.8 ° 7.8 1.6 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Clifton Park (Saratoga County, New York, United States). Descent from 5,251 ft asl to 3,557 ft asl, a decrease of 1,695 ft in 5 minutes and covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 82 kn74 kn min to max 92 kn 91 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.7 °0.1 ° min to max 28.4 ° 26.8 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.87 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -216 ft/m-1,133 ft/m min to max 332 ft/m -210 -214 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,584 ft asl3,557 ft asl min to max 5,251 ft asl 5,251 3,557 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-3.8 ° min to max 5.5 ° 1.7 0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 4,205 ft agl · 89 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 3,687 ft agl · 88 kt
Enroute Level 2 95.74Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south of Schaghticoke (Rensselaer County, New York, United States) and lasted 10 minutes, covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Average altitude 2,586 ft asl2,324 ft asl min to max 3,511 ft asl 3,511 2,566 ft asl
100 % Average speed 63 kn54 kn min to max 80 kn 74 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 27.4 ° 7.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.83 g min to max 1.03 g 0.92 0.92 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °-0.3 ° min to max 9.4 ° 1.0 6.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 9 2,404 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,750 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,828 ft agl · 67 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,834 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 1,821 ft agl · 72 kt
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started overhead 7NY6 Sherwood Farm Johnsonville (New York, United States). Climbing from 2,636 ft asl to 3,075 ft asl, an increase of 439 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kn75 kn min to max 82 kn 75 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.5 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.88 g min to max 0.93 g 0.91 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 274 ft/m64 ft/m min to max 545 ft/m 266 306 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,859 ft asl2,636 ft asl min to max 3,075 ft asl 2,636 3,075 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °3.5 ° min to max 6.4 ° 5.8 5.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Valley Falls (Rensselaer County, New York, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,178 ft asl3,094 ft asl min to max 3,254 ft asl 3,130 3,094 ft asl
100 % Average speed 83 kn77 kn min to max 86 kn 80 86 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 8.8 ° 1.6 2.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.90 g min to max 0.95 g 0.91 0.91 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-3.1 ° min to max 5.1 ° 4.8 -3.1 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,855 ft agl · 92 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of Waterford (Saratoga County, New York, United States). Descent from 3,007 ft asl to 1,911 ft asl, a decrease of 1,096 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 92 kn84 kn min to max 101 kn 91 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.1 ° 0.7 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.81 g min to max 0.99 g 0.93 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -417 ft/m-1,208 ft/m min to max -99 ft/m -128 -236 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,203 ft asl1,911 ft asl min to max 3,007 ft asl 3,007 1,911 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-4.9 ° min to max 2.3 ° 1.1 1.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north west of Cohoes (Albany County, New York, United States) and lasted 7 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,848 ft asl1,756 ft asl min to max 1,983 ft asl 1,909 1,775 ft asl
100 % Average speed 72 kn61 kn min to max 93 kn 93 61 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 13.5 ° 1.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.86 g min to max 0.99 g 0.91 0.89 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °1.2 ° min to max 7.0 ° 1.4 4.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,539 ft agl · 81 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,475 ft agl · 80 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 1,318 ft agl · 72 kt
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north west of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Descent from 1,774 ft asl to 530 ft asl, a decrease of 1,245 ft in 3 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 63 kn59 kn min to max 66 kn 60 64 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 15.0 ° 1.1 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.82 g min to max 0.96 g 0.88 0.91 g
Info Average VSI -467 ft/m-709 ft/m min to max 15 ft/m 15 -568 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,200 ft asl530 ft asl min to max 1,774 ft asl 1,774 530 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-2.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 -0.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead KSCH Schenectady County Schenectady (New York, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 552 ft asl503 ft asl min to max 613 ft asl 521 613 ft asl
100 % Average speed 56 kn51 kn min to max 64 kn 64 62 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.0 ° min to max 24.6 ° 0.5 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.81 g min to max 1.16 g 0.93 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 9.2 ° -0.5 7.6 °
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KSCH Schenectady County Schenectady (New York, United States). Climbing from 621 ft asl to 954 ft asl, an increase of 333 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 58 kn56 kn min to max 61 kn 61 58 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.4 °0.0 ° min to max 15.4 ° 1.2 6.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.88 g min to max 0.95 g 0.88 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 319 ft/m101 ft/m min to max 518 ft/m 436 244 ft/m
Info Average altitude 790 ft asl621 ft asl min to max 954 ft asl 621 954 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.5 °4.4 ° min to max 8.0 ° 6.6 5.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 6 99.36Enroute level cruise started overhead KSCH Schenectady County Schenectady (New York, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Average altitude 1,264 ft asl958 ft asl min to max 1,451 ft asl 958 1,245 ft asl
100 % Average speed 60 kn52 kn min to max 70 kn 58 55 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.6 °0.0 ° min to max 21.4 ° 6.5 19.8 °
97 % Average g force 0.93 g0.70 g min to max 1.09 g 0.92 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °-1.6 ° min to max 7.1 ° 5.8 2.8 °
Arrival 100.00Arrival started overhead KSCH Schenectady County Schenectady (New York, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kn56 kn min to max 73 kn 56 60 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.2 ° min to max 19.2 ° 19.2 7.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.77 g min to max 1.03 g 0.85 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -529 ft/m-987 ft/m min to max 14 ft/m -483 -810 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,073 ft asl937 ft asl min to max 1,236 ft asl 1,236 937 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-5.6 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.1 -2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 73.57Approaching runway 04 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 608 ft agl to 124 ft agl. A decrease of 484 ft in 30 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 6.3 °5.7 ° min to max 7.0 °Target 3.0 ° 7.0 6.2 °
100 % Average speed 66 kn60 kn min to max 72 kn 61 60 kn
79 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.4 0.8 °
89 % Average bank angle 2.3 °0.1 ° min to max 7.2 ° 7.2 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.84 g min to max 1.05 g 0.87 0.91 g
Info Average VSI -990 ft/m-1,568 ft/m min to max -469 ft/m -845 -575 ft/m
Info Average altitude 363 ft agl124 ft agl min to max 608 ft agl 608 124 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.3 °-9.7 ° min to max 0.1 ° -3.4 0.1 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-130-98-65-330336598130Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 39.81Landing on runway 04 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 6,993 ft. Threshold height at 94 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed at 59 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
60 % Threshold speed at 59 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
13 % Target 50 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
80 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.3 °
85 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 7.6 ° 3.7 7.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.87 g min to max 1.03 g 0.89 1.03 g
Info Average speed 53 kn49 kn min to max 59 kn 59 49 kn
Info Average VSI -539 ft/m-646 ft/m min to max -393 ft/m -577 -393 ft/m
Info Average altitude 37 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 94 ft agl 94 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-0.5 ° min to max 7.5 ° -0.1 7.5 °
02505007501,0001,25001938567594Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,250-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 80.87Touchdown distance was good at 1,143 ft. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -393 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 29 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
64 % Touchdown VSI was -393 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,143 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 49 knTarget 55 kn
75 % Runway alignment max 28.8 ft27.1 ft left 26.1 28.8 ft
0 % Average bank angle 3.4 °0.2 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.6 1.1 °
73 % Average g force 0.79 g0.28 g min to max 1.16 g 1.03 0.66 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 45 kn41 kn min to max 49 kn 49 41 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °1.0 ° min to max 12.2 ° 7.5 5.3 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 4 ft agl · 54 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 6 ft agl · 52 kt

Takeoff

0.00Takeoff roll7,769 ft · 290 %
43.56Liftoff speed52 kt
0.00Runway alignment5,353.6 ft L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
69.57Rate of climb494 fpm

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

13.02Threshold height94 ft
60.23Threshold speed58 kt
79.64Centreline offset0.8 ft L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KSCH 04

Past threshold100.00
1,234ft
Centreline74.98
28.8ft L
Speed100.00
48kt
Touchdown rate63.87
-393fpm
Impact73.14
1.16G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

94 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 94 ft, down at 1,234 ft

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,993 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,234 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 1,234 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.16 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,234 ft of 6,993 ft · 18 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 38W at 94D Wells in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
70.59 %
Landing report
Landing on runway 04 at KSCH Schenectady County in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 64.75 %
73.57 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 04 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 608 ft agl to 124 ft agl. A decrease of 484 ft in 30 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
79.29 %
Good heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
72 61 50
Alignment
79.29 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
88.54 %
8 4 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-469 -1,035 -1,600
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-130-98-65-330336598130 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
39.81 %
Landing
Landing on runway 04 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 6,993 ft. Threshold height at 94 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed at 59 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
13.02 %
Threshold height at 94 ft agl was significantly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
60.23 %
Threshold speed at 59 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 76 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
79.64 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
85.34 %
8 4 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
59 49 40
Pitch °
Info
8 4 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-404 -552 -700
02505007501,0001,25001938567594 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
02505007501,0001,250-90-72-54-36-1801836547290 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
80.87 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 1,143 ft. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -393 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 29 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Touchdown
63.87 %
Touchdown rate was firm at -393 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 49 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 1,143 ft.
Alignment
74.98 %
Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 29 ft from centreline.
Bank
0 %
Bank angle 3.4 °
G
73.14 %
G 0.79 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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