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1 . What's
new ?
2. The
flight
3. Required
Software
4. Installation
5. Tips
for a successful flight
6. Not
implemented
7. Troubleshooting
8.Copyright
9.Credits
1. What's
new ?
In 1998 I released this adventure
as freeware, followed by a remake for FS2000 in May 2001. Those of you who know it already
requested an update for FS2002 , well here we go... -)
- runs with FS2002 only -)
What is left unchanged:
- main ATC, flight plan route
- SPACE -> Mikebutton
- 2 pilot concept implemented.
You'll hear 2 pilots in the cockpit -))
- a purser making
the PAX announcements
- international voices , e.g. ATIS, Ramper at FRA
This adventure does not reflect the present
status quo of adventure evolution. I did not rework
the whole flight according to the new standard of AFDA's
professional adventures released as "Airline
Pilot 1" CD by Aerosoft. This
remake is simply meant as a tribute to all requests of flightsimmers who
wanted to have our 'classics' running in FS2002. -) Though it is a
bit outdated by now, it's still the "good old flight" - now even with
2 pilots aboard....
Those who want to experience
more realism should go for our "Airline Pilot
1". You can find a review
e.g. on flightsim.com (particularly at www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?CKfrB02I=main/review/ap1/ap1.htm )
2. The flight
a.) General
b.) A
quick and dirty description for the experienced aviator
c.)
Detailed description of the flight
a.)
General
The daily Flight LH 4384
(Frankfurt/Main to Nice) is taken from Lufthansa's Summer Flight Plan (1st
July - 25th Oct 1997). It was served by a Boeing 737 and started around
2105 in Frankfurt with an ETA of 2235 in Nice. The flight number and times
have changed somewhat meanwhile, but
let's transport ourselves back to summer of '97 for a couple of hours...
For the crew this flight
involves more than just popping over to France for something nice in Nice
because it is one of the few routes within Europe involving a layover. The return
flight leaves Nice the next morning.
b.)
A quick and dirty description for the experienced aviator
Here is the most essential
information for those impetuous souls amongst you who cannot wait to get
started. If this is all a bit of a riddle to you then please consult the
more detailed description below - especially taking a close look at the
charts. After all, any successful flight demands the most careful preparation
- it could save you your life - and other people's too.
Route:
Flight plan submitted to
ATC:
EDDF/25R
SID NKR 4 F climb
5000 ft
NKR direct KRH TOC
FL 330
KRH
TRA
SPR
PAS
JAMBA TOD
KAMAS
STAR KAMAS 2
LFMN/05R
Route cleared by ATC and
actually flown:
EDDF/25R
SID NKR 4 F climb 5000 ft
RID (VOR 112.20)
NKR (NDB 292)
KRH (VOR 115.95) initial
TOC FL 290
TRA (VOR 114.30) TOC FL
330
SPR (VOR 113.90)
KINES TOD
KAMAS
STAR KAMAS 2
NIZ (VOR 112.40)
LFMN/05R (ILS 110.70)
Pushback:
unfortunatly the trick of having the aircraft pushed back by using a video
file doesn't work anymore in FS2002. You need to perform a pushback by
yourself either by using FS2002's pushback feature or using a addon tool like
e.g. Lago's FSAssist
Taxiing: Do not exceed
a speed of 5 kts in the vicinity of the gates. Take the second left turn
onto Taxiway A, take the third right-hand intersection, D - the waiting point for
Runway 25R. Do not exceed a speed of 8-10 kts here. Your speed on bends,
on particular, should not at any time exceed 10 kts - you have been warned!
Takeoff: initial rate
of climb - 2500 feet/min. At 4.5 DME FFM/800 ft turn to port, intersect
radial 358 of RID-VOR, overfly RID and outbound RID on radial 165 to NKR-NDB.
Acceleration at 2000ft. Rate of climb: 2500 ft/min at 250 kts (standard below
FL100) Maintain until FL 100, increase IAS
to 300 kts and reduce climb rate to 1800 ft/min (again standard procedure).
Initial level off at FL 290.
Once you have managed this and have finished banking to port outbound KRH
you can press SPACE to make the Captain's first passenger announcement.
On initial contact with Marseilles
Control, the air traffic controller will ask us to increase our rate of
descent - I would recommend a descent rate of 3000 ft/min here. When we
are allowed to reduce our sink rate, I would suggest 2000 ft/min, from
which point we can continue to descend until we pick up the ILS glide path,
although it is easier to achieve the altitudes that ATC gives us with a
sink rate of 2500 ft/min...<g>
c.)
Detailed description of the flight
Our B737-300 is standing
at Gate B20 at Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport, Terminal 1. We have been refuelled,
the cargo has just been loaded and all passengers are safely on board.
The doors are just being closed and we are busy with out pre-start check
list. We have one last listen to the ATIS (118.025) weather report and request
start-up clearance from Clearance Delivery on 121.95.
Once we have received start-up
clearance and our route has been cleared, we will contact APRON Control
(121.70). Our copilot is still busy adjusting the instruments for the SID
at this stage. We call APRON by pressing SPACE, and receive permission
to push back. This is normally done through members of the ground crew,
the Ramp Agent and an aircraft tug (the larger tugs even have enough power
to push and pull Jumbos about). We hear the Captain telling the Ramp Agent
(standing outside on the tarmac and linked to the aircraft by a microphone/headset)
via a second frequency that APRON (121.70) has cleared us for pushback.
We now have to ensure that the parking brake is switched ON so that the
aircraft does not start to roll when the chocks are removed. Before pushback,
however, we must release the parking brakes and inform the Ramp Agent accordingly.
You do not need to press the speech button during pushback because the
Captain talks automatically to the Ramp Agent on an extra frequency during
this procedure. However, we do have to release the brakes with [stop/period]
and activate the parking brake again with Ctrl+[stop/period]. Once we have
released the parking brakes you'll have to push back the aircraft until
it is standing correctly aligned on Taxiway G. Normally we would already
start the engines during pushback, but since this was not possible in FS98/2000,
we will wait until no-one is looking and do it afterwards. Unfortunately using
e.g. Lago's FSAssist now it is possible in FS2002.... -))) But I left the ADV
as it was... (have mercy...*ggg*) So let's power up the engines
after pushback. Press Ctrl+E or use the panel switches to switch on ignition on the overhead panel
to "Start" and start the fuel flow then by using the mouse to switch the control for Engine 2
. Once the engine speed has settled down, do the same for Engine
1 in accordance with the Captain's instructions. We will also hear the
Ramp Agent again at this stage and have to reset the parking brakes.
Once we have completed the
After-start check list, we must ask APRON (121.70) for permission to taxi
(SPACE).
Taxiing: Your aircraft speed
should not exceed 5 kts in the vicinity of the gates.
We take second left turn
onto Taxiway A. Abeam A ATC will instruct us to switch to Tower Control
(119.90). This we do (if the co-pilot is activated, then he will do this
for us of course). Then we hear the aircraft in front of us (LH176) being
given starting clearance before we press SPACE to contact Tower.
Now we turn left onto Taxiway
A, take the third right-hand turn D, the waiting point for Runway 25R.
Please do not exceed 10 kts whilst taxiing, your speed should not exceed
8-10 kts on corners to prevent tyre damage. A further advantage of adhering
to these speed limits (purely coincidental, of course <g>) is that it
gives the ADV sufficient time to play pack all the messages at just the
right moment.
Whilst taxiing we should
make any necessary final adjustments to our instruments - set the autopilot
heading to approx. 178°, ALT 5000 (standard initial altitude for all
departures from the parallel runway system at Frankfurt), rate of climb
2500ft/min, speed 250 kts, and also activate the auto-thrust function on
the left of the autopilot. Finally, set 2-5 degrees of flap. Final check
list, failure briefing, instruct cabin crew.
Now Tower asks whether we
are ready to roll - we are.
We now receive permission
to taxi on to 25R and to prepare for a quick take-off, in order to keep
things moving, as soon as the British Airways B737 has touched down. Unfortunately
we cannot see this aircraft land because we do not have a FS2000 dynamic scenery at this stage.
So we let our imaginations
run riot for a moment and, in our mind's eye, see a rather fine BA 737
landing before our very noses. Once we have heard the Tower addressing
LH3102 "after landing...line up 25L", we open the throttle a tad and gently
roll out on to Runway 25R. The adventure waits for us to do this and nothing
further will happen until we are in position. Once lined up, we hear Tower
telling the BA flight to leave the runway and we receive take-off clearance
pretty soon afterwards. Wait until the Captain gives the FO control - "you
have control".
Take-off thrust can now
easily be achieved by clicking the button underneath the throttle levers
and you can watch as the automatic take-off facility smoothly pushes the
throttle levers forward.
Takeoff: initialially 15° climb angle
with 160kts. At 4.5 DME FFM/800 ft bank sharply to a heading
of approx. 180°, intersect radial 358 of RID-VOR and fly in the direction
of RID. Acceleleration at 2000 ft (1500' AGL). Overfly RID-VOR (112.20) , turning to the outbound radial 165 in
the direction of NKR-NDB (292). Maintain a rate of climb of 2500 ft/m and
IAS of 250 kts until you have reached FL 100 (10 000 ft) when you can increase
your speed to 300 kts and reduce the climb rate to 1800 ft/min which is nothing
but the standard procedure.
We continue to climb and
tune into new frequencies in accordance with ATC instructions. Our first
new frequency, Frankfurt Departure, is contacted automatically, all the
others have to be contacted manually by the pilot with SPACE.
You first level off at FL
290 at KRH (Karlsruhe 115.95). When you have done this and banked to port
towards TRA (Trasadingen 114.30), you can trigger the Captains welcoming
passenger announcement by pressing the speech button (SPACE).
Really everything now runs
automatically. Rhine Control (120.925) will clear us to climb to our desired
cruising altitude of 33 000 ft. approx. 17 DME inbound TRA before we have
to switch to Zurich Control (134.60). Climb from FL 290 to FL 330 at
1800 ft/min.
Now, after turning to starboard
towards St. Prex (SPR VOR 113.90), it is time to get out the Thermos and
pour ourselves a nice cup of coffee. After all, we've earned one. 109 NM
behind us and everything running like clockwork when all of a sudden, after
the handover to Upper Airspace control Geneva, ATC (Geneva Control 133.625)
asks if we would like to drop straight down to Jamba and directly into Nice following the R168 outbound radial from SPR
(VOR 113.90), instead of flying via PAS as in the submitted standard Lufthansa flight
plan.
Of course we would like
to do nothing more. Now things suddenly start getting active again because
this small course change has not been programmed in the FMS/GPWS Wpt-Nav
system.
When we reach KINES Intersection
we must contact ATC since this is a compulsory reporting waypoint. ATC
will then instruct us to start our descent. I would recommend 1800 ft/min
(standard descent) at 300 kts initially.
Over KAMAS we leave the
Geneva's control area and are passed on to Marseilles Upper Airspace Control
(131.00). Contact ATC by pressing SPACE again after changing frequencies.
Our French controller (the real McCoy, a real live French air traffic controller
who wrote her own text! - so mind your ps and qs) tells us to continue
our descent, but to hurry up a bit by increasing our rate of descent. We
increase to 3000 ft/min accordingly. After a while we are allowed to switch
back to a more civilised sink rate of 1800 ft/min, giving the crew the
chance to push their trolleys back up to the rear of the plane.
Now is the time to start
thinking about gradually reducing our IAS because we are
rapidly nearing Nice and will soon have to comply with the 250 kts speed
restriction which exists below FL 100. It is also time to listen in to
ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service, i.e. weather and information
service provided by airports). This will be done by our co-pilot if activated.
Whilst descending we are
passed on to Nice Approach. The hand-over altitude between upper and lower
air levels in France is FL 190.
We are now prepared for an
anticipated approach to Rwy 05 (on the basis of the ATIS information).
We make a downwind approach
via the ONORA Intersection in accordance with the arrival charts. ATC provides
us with further instructions regarding our descent and we contact Arrival
Control when we reach ONORA, or perhaps a little later, by pressing SPACE and ask whether we can gradually start on the base leg because we have
the uneasy feeling that we may have been forgotten. ATC promptly gives
us clearance to turn to starboard and to establish ourselves on the Localizer
for Runway 05R (You see? Of course they hadn't forgotten us, Steffen).
To do this we should start to turn about 22 DME NIZ-VOR (refer to NAV2
- NAV1 has now been tuned into the ILS 05R). Reduce speed stepwise to 180 kts
and to final
approach speed, gradually increase the amount of flap and lower your gear as the
Copilot calls out the flap settings and gives the commands (pilot flying!). We should first contact ATC
again by pressing SPACE once we are locked on the glide path. Now we are
passed onto the Tower and press SPACE to establish contact.
We then receive clearance to land and, voilá, bon soir, Nice.
When you turn onto the taxiway Tower will advise you to hold short of runway
05L. When allowed to cross 05L tune into Apron and announce your arrival there with
SPACE. After
crossing Runway 05L press SPACE to activate the Captain's farewell address
to the passengers.
Make your way to the Gate,
and the adventure ends once you have applied your parking brakes.
Happy landings and enjoy
yourselves!
3.
Required software
A minimum requirement for
this adventure - alongside Microsoft's FS2000 - is German
Airports 2 Scenery FS2000 Edition for Frankfurt Intl. by Aerosoft
- there is no better.-)
That's it. You may use other
Nice sceneries or other aircrafts just as you prefer....
On how to change the aircraft
please refer to the AFDA homepage (FAQ
section)
4. Installation
The Files:
- LH4384.ADV,LH4384.FLT,
LH4384.WX belong in your
...\FS2002\flights\fs2kadv folder
- FRANCE2.PLN belong in your
...\FS2002\flights\myflts folder
- *.WAV Belong in your ...\FS2002\ADV\WAV folder
- FRA-NCE.PDF 5
maps of the airports and SID/STAR charts in Adobe-Acrobat
format
- FRA-NCE.TXT Flight plan
as txt file
- FRA-NCE.BMP Flight plan
as bitmap plan
- LH4384.HTML This documentation
in German
- LH4384_E.DOC What you
are reading
The files with the WAV suffix
are the radio message etc (i.e. what give the adventure its unique flavour)
and they belong in your...\Flight simulator\ADV\WAV folder.
This time I have stored
them in the original format as used by Microsoft for the original FS98
wavs, i.e. as Microsoft 4-bit compressed ADPCM files. This means a saving
of over 48% in comparison to the 11kHz/8-bit Windows PCM format which
I have used to date. This means major savings in upload/download times
and hard disk space.
As optional orientation aids,
there are also maps of Frankfurt and Nice airport and the relevant Standard
Instrument Departure route for Frankfurt and STandard Approach Route chart
for Nice as well as the ILS-Chart for Runway 05R in FRA-NCE.PDF. A big
thank you to Ralf Huerst for the hours and days of effort he put into
producing these fine aids.
These documents can be opened,
read and printed with Adobe's freeware Adobe-Acrobat
(available there for free)
In addition, Navigator 6
and Flightplanner versions of the flight plan have also been included (also
available as a bitmap file - LH4384.bmp)
The Aircraft
The adventure automatically
loads the MSFS2002 B737-400. I "repainted" it to my favourite livery,
there are some available for free
from flightsim.com.
If you wish to respray
your default B737 in Lufthansa livery, you can download some from the Internet.
Naturally you can also call
up the situation file LH4384.FLT outside the adventure and select a different
plane instead. You need to copy-paste the FLT-file in you folder /flights/myflts
first.... If you do this, it is important you remember to store the
situation file under the same name. Next you must record a new pushback
video and save it under the same name as the original one. For further
please refer to our FAQ section on AFDA homepage,
too.
5.
Tips for a successful flight
Key combinations available
in-flight:
· SPACE makes
radio contact, i.e. broadcasts the pilot's/copilot's message. If your Com
receiver is set to the correct frequency, ATC will answer. If it is tuned
to the wrong frequency they won't answer because they can't hear you. In
this adventure you need to press SPACE each time the pilot contacts a
new station. All the other messages are played automatically. This is in
contrast to the procedure used in "Airline Pilot 1" a simplification -
you do not have to press the mikebutton for every transmission.
· Ctrl+x activates
or deactivates the copilot whilst the Adventure is running
· CTRL+r repeats
the last radio or ATIS message.
· CTRL+i shows
the heading and distance to the next waypoint, thus allowing you to correct
your course independently of your instruments. The adventure establishes
whether you have reached the next waypoint with a tolerance of 0.5 - 3.5
nautical miles, depending on whether you are on the ground, cruising or
on final approach. You will not be given clearance for the next stage of
your flight until you have reached the respective waypoint, so no messing
about and make sure you are familiar with the route before setting out
and keep all the necessary documentation to hand. Should you lose your
way entirely, you can find your position relative to the next waypoint
by pressing Ctrl+i. This adventure does not recognize if you fly the incorrect
route or take off from the incorrect runway. In such cases you will simply
lose radio contact with Radar Control and receive no further instructions.
Likewise, you are also asked
if you would like to have the messages displayed as text (to ease understanding),
or whether you would prefer to have this option switched off this and would
like just to hear the messages as you would in a real cockpit...<g>
The "flowing text" option
should not be deactivated in your flight simulator settings menu, otherwise
the ATIS text will not be displayed correctly as it is intended to appear
in this form.
6.
Not implemented
This Adventure has no error
recognition. If you fly to Marseilles instead of Nice, it is your own fault
and you will receive no clearance from ATC. If you head off to the wrong
runway, you will not be given takeoff clearance. If you are in doubt as
to where you should be going, press Ctrl+I for heading and direction.
7.
Troubleshooting
- The default ATIS
Both FS and third party add-on
sceneries generate recurrent white flowing text on certain frequencies
- ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service) which provides automatic
weather reports and other information. In Frankfurt, this occurs on the
Ground Control frequency, and later in the adventure on the frequency of
Geneva Control. Even if you deactivate the text option for the adventures,
this irritating text still appears as long as your radio is tuned into
the relevant frequency. In my LH 390 FRA-STR (Frankfurt - Stuttgart) adventure
[quick commercial break, folks] I decided to alter the frequencies slightly
to avoid this problem. I was not entirely happy with this solution, however,
because my intention had been to try and make everything as realistic as
possible. This time I have decided to stick with the real-life frequencies
as given in the latest aeronautical charts.
I have chosen this option
because it is possible to banish these irritating ATIS messages. The solution
is one of Pete Dowson's, (CIS 100041,312) excellent little freeware tools
called ATISOFF. The file can be downloaded from the Internet and is called
"ATISOFF.ZIP" and is only 25KB. This is a DOS programme, which may make
it a little inconvenient to use for some of you, but it is very effective.
It also contains ATISON, a function which allows you to revive the standard
ATIS messages should you ever feel the urge to do so.
I also decided to dispense
with linking adventure functions with ground co-ordinates on the ground
in Nice so that you can use any scenery here. It is just in Frankfurt where
you should use the recommended German
Airports FS2000 Edition because otherwise the adventure does not work
properly, because it depends on the aircraft reaching certain precise co-ordinates.
8. Legal
notice
This adventure is free software
/ freeware in accordance with the current legal definitions of the terms.
Anyone can use it and pass it on to his or her friends (or enemies if you
don't want to see them for a time... <g>). I do not mind you uploading
it to any mailbox or Internet server which does not incur any extra download
charges, in fact I would actively encourage you to pass it on to other
flight-simmers, just as long as no alterations are made. If you wish to
make changes for your own personal or private use, please feel free to
do so.
However, any commercial
distribution of this adventure is EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, especially publication
on data carriers such as diskettes, ZIP, CD-ROM, DVD etc. without the author's
prior permission.
This adventure has been
tested by other users and myself with regard to functionality and compatibility.
However, I can take no responsibility for any damage which you may feel
has arisen in connection with using this adventure, especially any resulting
from lack of sleep or spending too long in front of a computer screen.
<g>
As far as it is humanly possible
to ascertain, this software was virus-free on publication. It has been
tested with several reputable and up-to-date virus scanners. Unfortunately
I can undertake no guarantee as to what might have happened to the software
since it left my hands.
This adventure has been
tested by other users and myself with regard to functionality and compatibility.However,
I can take no responsibility for any damage which you may feel has arisen
in connection with using this adventure, especially any resulting from
lack of sleep or spending too long in front of a computer screen. <g>
As far as it is humanly
possible to ascertain, this software has been virus-free on publication.
It has been tested with several reputable and up-to-date virus scanners.
Unfortunately I can undertake no guarantee as to what might have happened
to the software since it has left my hands.
9. Credits
Steffen Rabenau from
Berlin as Pilot in command Bernd Campen as First officer and many, many
other flightsimmers who recorded the voices for this production.
The air-traffic controllers
(in order of appearance...):
Helmut Haasler Plays Frankfurts
ATIS
Gerd Winkler An artist
from Dortmund, plays Frankfurt Ground/Clearance Delivery
Andreas Hebestedt
An electronic engineer from Darmstadt, plays Frankfurt Apron
Andreas Vetter plays the
Ramp Agent
Oliver Brock A fellow doctor
from Northern Germany, plays Frankfurt Tower
Wolfgang Weiss A former
DFS air-traffic controller, plays Frankfurt Departure and provided lots
of helpful advice
Rainer Bartl A lecturer
from Frankfurt, plays Frankfurt Radar
Oskar Diez Light aircraft
pilot, plays Rhine Control
Markus Bächli From
Basel/Switzerland plays Zurich Control
Thomas Hulliger From
Zurich/Switzerland plays Geneva Control
Carol Professional air-traffic
controller in France who has just become a mother. Carol plays Marseilles
Control and provided lots of advice
Alain Nicco From Rouen/France,
persuaded his friends Carol and her husband to help us and personally plays
Nice Approach
Carol's husband Plays
Nice Tower
Dominique Lallier
Already active in Joachim Kroll's adventures, plays Nice Ground and ATIS
The pilots of the other aircraft
and all the rest who have helped out (in alphabetical order):
Björn Appel Plays
the pilot of DE 1523
Dennis Arnold From
Fribourg, plays the pilot of DE 1805
Jean-Louis Belard
A fellow doctor from France living in the USA, plays the pilot of AF 336.
He also recruited Richard Hughes and translated the Document into French
[a brave man]
Bernd Campen From Munich,
plays the pilot of LH176
Claudia From Nuremberg (Jan
Tovar's girlfriend), plays the pilot of LH 3102 - at last a female pilot
- a special thank you for that
Frank Dirksmeier Plays
the pilot of LH 4263
Manuel Goepfert From
France, plays the pilot of AF 691
Markus Hoelscher Plays the
pilot of LH 4560
Richard Hughes A fellow
doctor from the USA and son of a UA pilot, plays the pilot of UA 6681
Andreas Jaros From
the Munich area, plays the pilot of LH 3578
Wolfgang Kempf Plays the
pilot of LH 2455
Joachim Kroll From Munich,
also an Adv-author. Jachim helped me with sorting out the pushback and
is responsible for the CD-ROM. He also helped Ralf with converting the
charts to Adobe format
Tim New From good old England,
plays the pilot of BA 1714
Tuan Ngo Anh From Vietnam,
plays the pilot of Korean Air 906
Thomas Rausch Plays
the pilot of LH 4653
Christian Rippel Plays
the pilot of LH 2887
Sebastian Rückert
Plays the pilot of LTU 1211
Peter Schalk From Holland,
plays the pilot of KLM 104
Wolfgang Schulte From Münster,
pilot/ultralight flyer - he didn't actually say anything this time round,
but helped with much of the planning
Stefan Schwarm Plays
the pilot of LH 337
Jon Shepherd A freelance
interpreter/translator from GB based in Cologne who did the English translation
for me again and also plays the pilot of BA 352
Jons Siedel Plays
the pilot of LH 301
Lars Stahmann Who
lives on Lanzarote, plays the pilot of LH 4755
Jörg Steinhäuser
From Stuttgart plays the pilot of LH 065 and supplied a lot of information
on the background flights on the other frequencies
Jan Tovar From Nuremberg,
also an adventure author and already played a role in my Adv LH 1465. He
was also kind enough to persuade his girlfriend Claudia to take part
Graham Weatherhead
From England, plays the pilot of BA 910
André Wieczorek
Training to be a LH pilot in Hamburg and in the meantime also an adventure
- author, plays the pilot of LH 4380
All other parts were played
by members of the cast.
A big thank you to you all
for the outstanding collaboration! This adventure would not have been the
same without you. It is heart-warming to see the international co-operation
that goes into such adventures, especially in such politically uncertain
times. It is also good to see that the freeware spirit is not just alive
and well in the flight-sim community, but that a lot of things would not
be possible without it.
Many happy landings
Steffen Gerlach,
Member of AFDA, March 2003
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