Free Flight: Duration

Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser GIPAC II writing Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test has come time read gone Entries have mailed May 1my last batch would have taken bit superhuman effort part Postal Service make itand judging will have completed winners announced May 28 preceeding 1967 thats 18 years ago although seems like about half-past yesterday Eighteen-year intervals seem about right such things dont think Ill care much Third rolls around First GIPAC got something like 12000 entries doubt Second will have gotten third Publicity wasnt great local Lawrence Hall Science sort-of science museum teaching public-aware ness-promoting institution ran local meet precursor biggie asked judge Three days before judging told wouldnt necessary number entries disappointingly small Too bad During period about 1975 1980 dozens paper plane contests San Francisco Bay Area put various school systems recreation departments lot fun Usually mornings devot ed school kids so-called adults got whack afternoon Quite number local Free Flighters rode circuit along about equal number people interest modeling principally Free Flight didnt fly AMA competition competition got pretty tough model construction rather sophisticated suddenly whole thinn col lapsed once Now consider odds mail-in meet First models must survive mailing unpacking sitting around couple weeks under goodness knows what humidity changes will flown persons necessarily tuned either flying adjusting such modelsand perhaps no opportunity test flights adjust ments Almost might well flip coin Still First yielded some striking developments art despite odds Jerrv Brinkmans simnie fnld-un i best Ive seen simple fold-up idiom although attempts dupli cate recently have failures Frederick Hoovens tiny flying plank design flew marvelously contest demo long-gone Ive Got Secret TV show attempts im prove design using pre-war tissue condenser paper didnt amount much Captain Barnabys lit tle Aerobatic model delight doing everything told although difficult see could have done enou2h win just 70 Model Aviation Wait Mooneys carved bird trophiesone has made over years use model club awards uses various woods Hannan photo Eric Anderson displays HiHo rubber Fakel Photographer Bill Hannan staged scene us using fieet modei fiew Qid-Timer Champs Nieuports Peanut Scaic size centerpiece sampilng cameras last year Wing-wise dont come coiiectionnone reaiiy suitabie cioseup model photography much higher Photo Larry Lehrman piane based old Ideal Aeroplane Supply Co kit flight hands total stranger lot terrific ideas Sec ond meet Half werent tried half what left didnt work Still what left might come out OK best potential winning Duration event lay 18-in model built typical HLG parameters entirely two-ply bristol board double-surface wing internal ribs lots Hot Stuff time got CG far enough forward ensure moderate freedom minor warps thing weighed 40 grams nose must have 20 layers bristol board side model Aerobatics event copy model won five local contests entered thing bi-stable flies almost equally well either normal inverted flight stalls gets its nose down could go either way So figure eights vertical plane maybe series loops somewhere somehow replicas model never seemed work quite well original model Distance event copy 1967 winner just heck sort-of Minuteman missile just case dont disqualify models rotate flight did 1967 meet Aesthetic Design event hope Intercontinental Rocket Express elA eosIliON fU01 jO 0 00N f0 iN N000 CZAS Bob couldnt resist accooping Bud Tenny sketch Bill Booth Jr Cezar Banks ingenious indoor-model-holding stand Read about column Ahi rare photo Fike Peanutl Bill Barrs model flight 521 Dixie meet Huntsville AL last year Photo Bill Barr looks snazzy judges does suspect Pterodactyl model entered grandson Clinton Meuser might fare better knows High-tech components Remember Mario Rocca winning ultimate high-tech Free flight event FAT Power 1979 World Champs impres sive equally impressive craftsmanship exhibited model Mario now manufacturing folding props both one- two-blade diameters six 10 inches pitches varying steps small inch suitable AMA classes AA Dand FAT Power too also sells few other things too such Heart 3 -t Youll never guess what its giz mo attaching pacifier pressure fuel tanks like fuel line Bob has information column tapered carbon-fiber wing-joiners address 66020 Rovereto Ferrarese Ita ly However youll send SASE Ill send price llstmight save Continued vale 146 / 8 3 Joe Mccarthy very happy because Hand-Launched Gilder won 25th An nual Illinois Model Airplane Club last year Eric Anderson photo LOTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TODAY FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWIIMILITARY 1/3 Scale$19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295PIus 1/12 Scale895$250shipping 1/12Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTup-bend right side and/or increase New RA SOS$19995the down-bend left side Quad 35 cDl$10995 Reg Ocdre35 $9995 Brisighelleflywlrsel$11995model comes transition little Reg Quadra 35 Power Asoesbly Only$9450fastand loses QUADRA REPAIR $1000 plus pens shaky makes run lit Jin Meser ERcOUPE PLANS $2399 KIT $23995 JlnMessrTOMAHAWKPLANS $2395 KIT$25995tle altitude before settling its proper Jin Men. BBALL TRAINERPLANS $1895 KIT $19995glide can usually corrected BALSA end BASSWOOD nice Sig prices 15010% NewZENOAI4 023 $13995ZENOAHI 035$ 9995all adjustmentsbend right FLOATS 3515 scalecores $1795conplste kit $3595 FLOATS 4914 scale cores 92195conplete kit $4795stab up very small amount decrease 19 WWI WHEELS3595 P&W CYLS FLEETS$2595 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 1/4 Godfrey$3595down-bend left stab very slightly STARDUSTER TOO 14lBrisiglrellel 1/3 J3 CUB Nelito $2995 VOLKSPLANE1I3lChickenCherllelremove very small amount COCKPIT KITSToeslswk F4U-1Spitfire MElOS$2395tab Ercospe Fleet J3 Cob POE P47 C Esole$21 95wasninreduce left rudder bend Citebris $2495 Zero $3595 Zero ecterlor$1995slightly US Quadra FUELTANKS16 $89523 cc $795 FIBERGLASSARROWSHAFTS5/16 c32locg6/$1$00Once adjustments made 24-Hour Senrice. 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molded fiberglass carbonmat-reinforced tips ready fly finished balanced Check Anderson Aero Units Co 4804 Janet Sylvania OH 43560 phone 419 474-8003 during non-work hours NFFS department First off NFFS 1985 Model Year awards International Class FlA Nordic Hi-Hi Lenny Breeman Jan Somers FlB RubberSerephenn Hank Cole FlC PowerOblivian Ken Phair AMA Outdoor Large PowerABC Toothpicks Gil Morris Small PowerAir Express 330 Phil Hainer RubberNo Name Mulvihill Joe Macay Hand-Launched GliderWasp VI by Mike Stoy Small RubberMiniTwin-Fin P-30 Bob White Indoor FlDFilm Flam Jim Rich mond Special Award Ornithopter 84 Al Rohrbaugh Next NFFS Hall Fame awards 1985 following modelers have 146 Model Aviation en recognized Society tstanding contributions Free flight Earl Stahl rubber-power Scale del designs reproduced day Paul Guiflow deceased umental introducing young Iks stick-and-tissue modeling ough marketing balsa kits Qeorge Perryman Well-known ber-power enthusiasts twice nning Mulvihill trophyand intless other trophies too addition offering helping hand other Free ghters whenever help needed Robert Bienenstein top model signer builder competitor Ierdck Pete Andrews First Indoor deler break 30-minute barrier d 1972 World Champion Jim Richmond Three times Indoor rld Champ bad Control xe flier Whatever field endeavor tackled would have excelled can say what want about orge Perryman can say hes lan can say hes ugly can tells bad jokes worst kind cy dont come no worse uthernthat keep wife giggling night nobody can say t terrific modeler kidding aside must first time modeler has en awarded both NFFS Free flight dl Fame Award AMA Hall Fame Award single year has vays first pitch Ip needed remember Nats late Sixties following FS Design Competition develop od models neophites George nt good part day helping build some order find t what problems could ye spent time collecting trophy two carted wife off fix-it shop collect busted car ould stick around cover social nt 1979 World Champs part magazine story Jim Richmond would come Indoor contest pair rioculars around neck string ie mortal remains long-since pired toy balloon dangling ht fixture ceiling beam could snare Indoor model binoculars helped id such things Attention detail like what makes champions *Woin Jet Age Air Force lb I I 1 Jot Ago Ductod Fans 5 6 units featuring blado tip seals suspension mountings Jet Age fan future S3A Viking Length 54 Width 68 weight 12 I dl I dl dl SR 71-S/S 1/12 Scale 2-80 Lear JetLear nes $46400 I~-\ Scale 280 Engines $39500 -Length 94S-3A Viking Weight 18 lbs Width 761/12 Scale 245 Engines $29800 I$200 forA 5428 Bushneli LCOMPLETE BROCHURE Riverside CA 92506 first order MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 714 687-3836 J Hints tips following three goodies Mac McJunkin writing Scale News Views Flightmasters newsletter Mac likes use parafin wax stick things together b keep things sticking together keeps saucepan i ready melt up instants notice Templates jigs soaked parafin can stuck together easily bit 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Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser GIPAC II writing Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test has come time read gone Entries have mailed May 1my last batch would have taken bit superhuman effort part Postal Service make itand judging will have completed winners announced May 28 preceeding 1967 thats 18 years ago although seems like about half-past yesterday Eighteen-year intervals seem about right such things dont think Ill care much Third rolls around First GIPAC got something like 12000 entries doubt Second will have gotten third Publicity wasnt great local Lawrence Hall Science sort-of science museum teaching public-aware ness-promoting institution ran local meet precursor biggie asked judge Three days before judging told wouldnt necessary number entries disappointingly small Too bad During period about 1975 1980 dozens paper plane contests San Francisco Bay Area put various school systems recreation departments lot fun Usually mornings devot ed school kids so-called adults got whack afternoon Quite number local Free Flighters rode circuit along about equal number people interest modeling principally Free Flight didnt fly AMA competition competition got pretty tough model construction rather sophisticated suddenly whole thinn col lapsed once Now consider odds mail-in meet First models must survive mailing unpacking sitting around couple weeks under goodness knows what humidity changes will flown persons necessarily tuned either flying adjusting such modelsand perhaps no opportunity test flights adjust ments Almost might well flip coin Still First yielded some striking developments art despite odds Jerrv Brinkmans simnie fnld-un i best Ive seen simple fold-up idiom although attempts dupli cate recently have failures Frederick Hoovens tiny flying plank design flew marvelously contest demo long-gone Ive Got Secret TV show attempts im prove design using pre-war tissue condenser paper didnt amount much Captain Barnabys lit tle Aerobatic model delight doing everything told although difficult see could have done enou2h win just 70 Model Aviation Wait Mooneys carved bird trophiesone has made over years use model club awards uses various woods Hannan photo Eric Anderson displays HiHo rubber Fakel Photographer Bill Hannan staged scene us using fieet modei fiew Qid-Timer Champs Nieuports Peanut Scaic size centerpiece sampilng cameras last year Wing-wise dont come coiiectionnone reaiiy suitabie cioseup model photography much higher Photo Larry Lehrman piane based old Ideal Aeroplane Supply Co kit flight hands total stranger lot terrific ideas Sec ond meet Half werent tried half what left didnt work Still what left might come out OK best potential winning Duration event lay 18-in model built typical HLG parameters entirely two-ply bristol board double-surface wing internal ribs lots Hot Stuff time got CG far enough forward ensure moderate freedom minor warps thing weighed 40 grams nose must have 20 layers bristol board side model Aerobatics event copy model won five local contests entered thing bi-stable flies almost equally well either normal inverted flight stalls gets its nose down could go either way So figure eights vertical plane maybe series loops somewhere somehow replicas model never seemed work quite well original model Distance event copy 1967 winner just heck sort-of Minuteman missile just case dont disqualify models rotate flight did 1967 meet Aesthetic Design event hope Intercontinental Rocket Express elA eosIliON fU01 jO 0 00N f0 iN N000 CZAS Bob couldnt resist accooping Bud Tenny sketch Bill Booth Jr Cezar Banks ingenious indoor-model-holding stand Read about column Ahi rare photo Fike Peanutl Bill Barrs model flight 521 Dixie meet Huntsville AL last year Photo Bill Barr looks snazzy judges does suspect Pterodactyl model entered grandson Clinton Meuser might fare better knows High-tech components Remember Mario Rocca winning ultimate high-tech Free flight event FAT Power 1979 World Champs impres sive equally impressive craftsmanship exhibited model Mario now manufacturing folding props both one- two-blade diameters six 10 inches pitches varying steps small inch suitable AMA classes AA Dand FAT Power too also sells few other things too such Heart 3 -t Youll never guess what its giz mo attaching pacifier pressure fuel tanks like fuel line Bob has information column tapered carbon-fiber wing-joiners address 66020 Rovereto Ferrarese Ita ly However youll send SASE Ill send price llstmight save Continued vale 146 / 8 3 Joe Mccarthy very happy because Hand-Launched Gilder won 25th An nual Illinois Model Airplane Club last year Eric Anderson photo LOTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TODAY FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWIIMILITARY 1/3 Scale$19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295PIus 1/12 Scale895$250shipping 1/12Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTup-bend right side and/or increase New RA SOS$19995the down-bend left side Quad 35 cDl$10995 Reg Ocdre35 $9995 Brisighelleflywlrsel$11995model comes transition little Reg Quadra 35 Power Asoesbly Only$9450fastand loses QUADRA REPAIR $1000 plus pens shaky makes run lit Jin Meser ERcOUPE PLANS $2399 KIT $23995 JlnMessrTOMAHAWKPLANS $2395 KIT$25995tle altitude before settling its proper Jin Men. BBALL TRAINERPLANS $1895 KIT $19995glide can usually corrected BALSA end BASSWOOD nice Sig prices 15010% NewZENOAI4 023 $13995ZENOAHI 035$ 9995all adjustmentsbend right FLOATS 3515 scalecores $1795conplste kit $3595 FLOATS 4914 scale cores 92195conplete kit $4795stab up very small amount decrease 19 WWI WHEELS3595 P&W CYLS FLEETS$2595 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 1/4 Godfrey$3595down-bend left stab very slightly STARDUSTER TOO 14lBrisiglrellel 1/3 J3 CUB Nelito $2995 VOLKSPLANE1I3lChickenCherllelremove very small amount COCKPIT KITSToeslswk F4U-1Spitfire MElOS$2395tab Ercospe Fleet J3 Cob POE P47 C Esole$21 95wasninreduce left rudder bend Citebris $2495 Zero $3595 Zero ecterlor$1995slightly US Quadra FUELTANKS16 $89523 cc $795 FIBERGLASSARROWSHAFTS5/16 c32locg6/$1$00Once adjustments made 24-Hour Senrice. Add $250 postage Send Bank Check Money Order to launch proper good flick-out JIM MESSERS QUALTIYtransition time adjust glide MODEL PRODUCTS circle stab may have removed Valley Visw Dr Box 43 Allegony NY 14706sanded off new re-positioned stab tilt tightens glide turn DES v -less tilt opens up glide turn Another FLYING MODELsI.ctsthing watch out air density /// oJ *varies throughout day day PLAitS GET OUR oit-day locality locality OMDSMO0TAUTHEPITICMOOELPOAO4S-ALL PATTERNS INCLUDED altitude final trimming 1/4sZ middle day usually model 29 Got Lke 2T-1A 13$ 6 209 9 40$16 OK minor adjustments 1 55458 Gee-Ie1115617$3516T27032being needed other times places 3 Coot Bawls P-6815112314472$62429454Here Craigs comments launchICurt Sprhwkp9C212 10 19 143$285041c 7656 32 Dosilttlee 0311 12 $ 1915 1237244936 744$ing greatest power stretch fingers 31Roe P45344 P1251512 221645266039 9059 32 Spfldsuii-Dog1315 7 201040205332 90'3from finger rest sandpaper 19 DVIII 91W1362015 $41169132 32 NOwod Ike AMike 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FOR ALL DESIGNS POSTAGE AND INSUSASICE HUNDREDS OP ADDIT1D$AL pole can helpful have toying DESIGNS ALL SIZES SOi575 CATALOG $200 OR PRICE LIST ALONE $1 ______________________________ using helium-filled weather balloon NONE FREE with attached Mylar streamer put Edoord PacadAuro, Br Frr,dSncr 9y TODAY 1jeveland Model SupplyCO ORIER SOME ting up launch altitude gives us better idea what air like model will Looks promising FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 71 some time craftsmanship props anything like models youll get top-notch product What US dollar being worth twice what few years back prices might affordable interested non-fold ing variety check out made Anderson Aero Units Co Doc Ander son passed away year ago perhaps best known engine man props too Rol son well-known both rubber-power engine-power circles selling props made masters made Doc FAL Power prop 7-in dia x 275-in pitch goes $750 Props AMA classes ranging 8-in 10-in diameter go between $850 $1100 plus postage course Props molded fiberglass carbonmat-reinforced tips ready fly finished balanced Check Anderson Aero Units Co 4804 Janet Sylvania OH 43560 phone 419 474-8003 during non-work hours NFFS department First off NFFS 1985 Model Year awards International Class FlA Nordic Hi-Hi Lenny Breeman Jan Somers FlB RubberSerephenn Hank Cole FlC PowerOblivian Ken Phair AMA Outdoor Large PowerABC Toothpicks Gil Morris Small PowerAir Express 330 Phil Hainer RubberNo Name Mulvihill Joe Macay Hand-Launched GliderWasp VI by Mike Stoy Small RubberMiniTwin-Fin P-30 Bob White Indoor FlDFilm Flam Jim Rich mond Special Award Ornithopter 84 Al Rohrbaugh Next NFFS Hall Fame awards 1985 following modelers have 146 Model Aviation en recognized Society tstanding contributions Free flight Earl Stahl rubber-power Scale del designs reproduced day Paul Guiflow deceased umental introducing young Iks stick-and-tissue modeling ough marketing balsa kits Qeorge Perryman Well-known ber-power enthusiasts twice nning Mulvihill trophyand intless other trophies too addition offering helping hand other Free ghters whenever help needed Robert Bienenstein top model signer builder competitor Ierdck Pete Andrews First Indoor deler break 30-minute barrier d 1972 World Champion Jim Richmond Three times Indoor rld Champ bad Control xe flier Whatever field endeavor tackled would have excelled can say what want about orge Perryman can say hes lan can say hes ugly can tells bad jokes worst kind cy dont come no worse uthernthat keep wife giggling night nobody can say t terrific modeler kidding aside must first time modeler has en awarded both NFFS Free flight dl Fame Award AMA Hall Fame Award single year has vays first pitch Ip needed remember Nats late Sixties following FS Design Competition develop od models neophites George nt good part day helping build some order find t what problems could ye spent time collecting trophy two carted wife off fix-it shop collect busted car ould stick around cover social nt 1979 World Champs part 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Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser GIPAC II writing Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test has come time read gone Entries have mailed May 1my last batch would have taken bit superhuman effort part Postal Service make itand judging will have completed winners announced May 28 preceeding 1967 thats 18 years ago although seems like about half-past yesterday Eighteen-year intervals seem about right such things dont think Ill care much Third rolls around First GIPAC got something like 12000 entries doubt Second will have gotten third Publicity wasnt great local Lawrence Hall Science sort-of science museum teaching public-aware ness-promoting institution ran local meet precursor biggie asked judge Three days before judging told wouldnt necessary number entries disappointingly small Too bad During period about 1975 1980 dozens paper plane contests San Francisco Bay Area put various school systems recreation departments lot fun Usually mornings devot ed school kids so-called adults got whack afternoon Quite number local Free Flighters rode circuit along about equal number people interest modeling principally Free Flight didnt fly AMA competition competition got pretty tough model construction rather sophisticated suddenly whole thinn col lapsed once Now consider odds mail-in meet First models must survive mailing unpacking sitting around couple weeks under goodness knows what humidity changes will flown persons necessarily tuned either flying adjusting such modelsand perhaps no opportunity test flights adjust ments Almost might well flip coin Still First yielded some striking developments art despite odds Jerrv Brinkmans simnie fnld-un i best Ive seen simple fold-up idiom although attempts dupli cate recently have failures Frederick Hoovens tiny flying plank design flew marvelously contest demo long-gone Ive Got Secret TV show attempts im prove design using pre-war tissue condenser paper didnt amount much Captain Barnabys lit tle Aerobatic model delight doing everything told although difficult see could have done enou2h win just 70 Model Aviation Wait Mooneys carved bird trophiesone has made over years use model club awards uses various woods Hannan photo Eric Anderson displays HiHo rubber Fakel Photographer Bill Hannan staged scene us using fieet modei fiew Qid-Timer Champs Nieuports Peanut Scaic size centerpiece sampilng cameras last year Wing-wise dont come coiiectionnone reaiiy suitabie cioseup model photography much higher Photo Larry Lehrman piane based old Ideal Aeroplane Supply Co kit flight hands total stranger lot terrific ideas Sec ond meet Half werent tried half what left didnt work Still what left might come out OK best potential winning Duration event lay 18-in model built typical HLG parameters entirely two-ply bristol board double-surface wing internal ribs lots Hot Stuff time got CG far enough forward ensure moderate freedom minor warps thing weighed 40 grams nose must have 20 layers bristol board side model Aerobatics event copy model won five local contests entered thing bi-stable flies almost equally well either normal inverted flight stalls gets its nose down could go either way So figure eights vertical plane maybe series loops somewhere somehow replicas model never seemed work quite well original model Distance event copy 1967 winner just heck sort-of Minuteman missile just case dont disqualify models rotate flight did 1967 meet Aesthetic Design event hope Intercontinental Rocket Express elA eosIliON fU01 jO 0 00N f0 iN N000 CZAS Bob couldnt resist accooping Bud Tenny sketch Bill Booth Jr Cezar Banks ingenious indoor-model-holding stand Read about column Ahi rare photo Fike Peanutl Bill Barrs model flight 521 Dixie meet Huntsville AL last year Photo Bill Barr looks snazzy judges does suspect Pterodactyl model entered grandson Clinton Meuser might fare better knows High-tech components Remember Mario Rocca winning ultimate high-tech Free flight event FAT Power 1979 World Champs impres sive equally impressive craftsmanship exhibited model Mario now manufacturing folding props both one- two-blade diameters six 10 inches pitches varying steps small inch suitable AMA classes AA Dand FAT Power too also sells few other things too such Heart 3 -t Youll never guess what its giz mo attaching pacifier pressure fuel tanks like fuel line Bob has information column tapered carbon-fiber wing-joiners address 66020 Rovereto Ferrarese Ita ly However youll send SASE Ill send price llstmight save Continued vale 146 / 8 3 Joe Mccarthy very happy because Hand-Launched Gilder won 25th An nual Illinois Model Airplane Club last year Eric Anderson photo LOTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TODAY FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWIIMILITARY 1/3 Scale$19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295PIus 1/12 Scale895$250shipping 1/12Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF 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