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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight705 kg
Fuel85 kg
Wind270° · 5 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

93.10 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight705 kg
Fuel84 kg
Wind269° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
26 Jul 2025 0:05 5 nm PA38 Tomahawk 0 kg
Departure Score
96.67 %
Pattern Score
84.73 %
Arrival Score
97.90 %

What went well

Touched down at -41 fpm — a soft arrival
Threshold crossed at 36 ft and 67 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 0.08 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 81.1 ° at 0 %, −2.00 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 16.9 ° at 8 %, −1.85 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -11.0 ° at 60 %, −1.20 points

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The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

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Start to finish · 11 stages, 11 in the score

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 Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 22 m 1 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 66 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 5 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 22 m1 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 66 ktTarget 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.35 m right0.00 m left to 2.35 m right -2.24 -2.35 m
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.00 g min to max 1.18 g 1.00 1.18 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °0.9 ° min to max 3.7 ° 0.9 3.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.2 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 72 kt66 kt min to max 77 kt 66 77 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.3 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.19 g 1.19 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 347 fpm280 fpm min to max 376 fpm 308 285 fpm
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 1 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °2.3 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.9 3.3 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kt76 kt min to max 79 kt 77 76 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.4 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.97 g min to max 1.09 g 1.06 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 587 fpm288 fpm min to max 915 fpm 288 859 fpm
Info Average altitude 118 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 460 ft agl 44 460 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °3.3 ° min to max 7.0 ° 3.3 5.9 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 18 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 79 kt76 kt min to max 82 kt 76 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 16.1 °6.3 ° min to max 21.6 ° 6.3 21.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g1.00 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 712 fpm609 fpm min to max 850 fpm 850 633 fpm
Info Average altitude 590 ft agl479 ft agl min to max 688 ft agl 479 688 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °4.4 ° min to max 5.9 ° 5.9 4.6 °
Pattern Crosswind 82.05Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 25 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
60 % Heading -11.0 °-41.0 ° min to max 14.1 ° 14.1 -41.0 °
100 % Average speed 78 kt73 kt min to max 82 kt 82 78 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 567 fpm-4 fpm min to max 978 fpm 638 44 fpm
Info Average altitude 860 ft agl699 ft agl min to max 940 ft agl 699 940 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 10.3 °0.4 ° min to max 21.5 ° 21.5 17.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °1.1 ° min to max 6.2 ° 4.4 1.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 81.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 81.1 °.
100 % Average speed 80 kt78 kt min to max 81 kt 78 81 kt
100 % Average bank angle 16.1 °8.3 ° min to max 19.2 ° 17.6 8.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 25 fpm-52 fpm min to max 133 fpm 76 -23 fpm
Info Average altitude 946 ft agl941 ft agl min to max 949 ft agl 941 945 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.1 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.0 -0.1 °
Pattern Downwind 99.33Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 85 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.4 °-19.5 ° min to max 3.6 ° -5.6 -19.5 °
98 % Average altitude 939 ft agl795 ft agl min to max 974 ft agl 944 795 ft agl
100 % Average speed 78 kt68 kt min to max 84 kt 82 71 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -101 fpm-531 fpm min to max 129 fpm -56 -478 fpm
Info Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 10.6 ° 4.8 9.0 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-3.1 ° min to max 1.8 ° -0.1 -1.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 970 ft agl · 72 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 72.28Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 16.9 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
8 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 16.9 °.
100 % Average speed 71 kt67 kt min to max 74 kt 71 71 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.1 °3.8 ° min to max 21.0 ° 9.4 3.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -524 fpm-821 fpm min to max -166 fpm -442 -734 fpm
Info Average altitude 539 ft agl223 ft agl min to max 788 ft agl 788 223 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-5.8 ° min to max -0.4 ° -1.7 -4.8 °
Arrival Final 1 97.24Approaching runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 211 ft agl to 49 ft agl. A decrease of 162 ft in 12 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.2 ° min to max 4.4 °Target 3.5 ° 4.4 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt68 kt min to max 71 kt 71 68 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.2 -0.0 °
98 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -727 fpm-755 fpm min to max -613 fpm -733 -613 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl49 ft agl min to max 211 ft agl 211 49 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.8 °-4.7 ° min to max -1.5 ° -4.7 -1.5 °
00.250.50.751050100150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 97.81Landing on runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 68 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 68 kt. Target 62 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
91 % Great landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.01 m right0.00 m left to 0.01 m right -0.01 -0.00 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.2 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.07 0.96 g
Info Average speed 52 kt36 kt min to max 68 kt 68 36 kt
Info Average VSI -144 fpm-606 fpm min to max -15 fpm -606 -22 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl 38 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °-1.4 ° min to max 10.6 ° -1.4 10.1 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 4 ft agl · 46 kt
07515022530037545052560001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 98.66Touchdown point was 96 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 36 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -22 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 5 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -22 fpm.
91 % Touchdown distance was 539 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 36 ktTarget below 48 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.27 m right0.19 m right -0.27 -0.08 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.1 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.03 g 0.96 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 35 kt35 kt min to max 36 kt 36 35 kt
Info Average pitch angle 9.8 °9.5 ° min to max 10.1 ° 10.1 9.5 °

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 65 kt with 2.2° of pitch.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.2° off3° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 64 kt 0.9° 0 s
Liftoff9 m · target 58 65 kt 2.2° 0.3 s
35 ft227 m · 5.9 s after liftoff 74 kt 3.1° 6.2 s
End of the climb1,497 m · 460 ft 76 kt 5.9° 38.4 s

Takeoff from EGPK 30

Takeoff roll100.00
1,345m49 %
Liftoff speed100.00
65kttarget 58, 7 fast
Runway alignment100.00
2.35m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
346fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 460 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,185 m of runway left; then climbing at 720 fpm on average to 460 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 65 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 1,325 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.9 m right. Airborne 48 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 1.91 m RROLL 1,325 M INAirborne 1,334 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,334 m of 2,737 m · 49 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,325 mTakeoff roll, 9 m Left ahead, 1,403 m

The circuit to EGPK 30

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 0.8 nm out at 82 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING123crosswinddownwind90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft22°119°221°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
636 ft
Bank
22°
Speed
81 kt

Off heading: 11° from the leg's heading on average.

Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.

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2Onto downwind
Bank
19°
Height
939 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
78 kt
Out
0.8 nm 0.8 suits 82 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 0.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

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3Base turn
Angle
17° target 45°
Bank
21°
Height
777 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 17° behind, against 45°.

The stopwatch. From abeam the threshold, fly roughly 30 to 45 seconds before turning base, in nil wind at 172 speeds. Treat that as a starting value and calibrate it. If your finals keep coming out at 400 ft instead of 500, add a few seconds. Then adjust for wind, roughly a second per knot of headwind on final (a headwind on final is a tailwind on downwind, carrying you further from the field per second).

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Entry100Crosswind82Turn onto downwind70Downwind99Base turn72

The approach to EGPK 30

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 150 ft above the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,5501,1808004303.5° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND341
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 391 m left of the centreline at 0.8 nm.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND42 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +4 kt on the approach speed of 70 kt.

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 70+2 kt−2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 30

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
36ft
Threshold speed100.00
67kttarget 70, 3 slow
Centreline offset100.00
0.01m R

Touchdown

Past threshold91.04
539m
Centreline100.00
0.27m R
Speed100.00
35kttarget 68 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-41fpm
Impact100.00
1.03G
BouncesOk
None
The flare91.23

Great landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 269° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 1 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 36 ft, 14 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 539 m in, 234 m past the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

36 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −41 fpm · 10.1° nose up · 36 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 36 ft, down at 539 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 490 fpm at 34 ft to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 11.5° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,000−2°4°11°touchdown−41 fpm at touchdown10.1° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 539 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 539 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 539 m of 2,737 m · 20 %
In the air over the runway, 539 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,198 m

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The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The aircraft, a PA38 Tomahawk, accelerated down the runway and lifted off at a speed of 66 kt, requiring a takeoff distance of just 22 meters, which is only 1% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 15 °C and a gentle wind blowing at 5 kt from a direction of 270 °. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 kt and a headwind of 4 kt.

After taking off, the pilot entered a left-hand pattern, navigating the aircraft around the airport. The entry into the pattern was smooth, with the aircraft covering a distance of less than 1 nm in just 18 seconds. As the pilot continued with the pattern, a left-hand crosswind turn was executed, which took approximately 25 seconds to complete and covered a distance of less than 1 nm. The pilot then proceeded to the downwind leg, where a turn was made to align the aircraft with the runway. This turn covered a distance of 1 nm and involved a change in direction of 81.1 °.

The downwind leg itself was 2 nm long and took 85 seconds to complete. Following this, the pilot initiated the base leg turn, which covered a distance of 1 nm and involved a change in direction of 16.9 °. With the aircraft now aligned with the runway, the pilot began the final approach, descending from an altitude of 211 ft agl and heading towards the runway at a speed of 68 kt. The approach was made from the south east, with the aircraft aligned with the runway at a heading of 300.0 °.

The landing itself was smooth, with the aircraft touching down 94 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 36 kt, which was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -22 fpm. The runway touchdown alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilot had successfully controlled the aircraft during the final stages of the approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing remained the same as they were at takeoff, with a temperature of 15 °C and a wind blowing at 5 kt from a direction of 270 °.

In terms of the flight's performance, the total distance covered was 5 nm, and the flight took a total of 5 minutes to complete. Notably, the aircraft used no fuel during the flight, indicating that the pilot had executed the flight with precision and control. Overall, the flight was a success, with the pilot demonstrating excellent flying skills and control of the aircraft throughout the entire flight.

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