{"id":39713,"date":"2025-10-21T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nlmtd.com\/?p=39713"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:36:33","slug":"clive-mcnabb-wants-to-make-flying-great-again-by-finally-bringing-aviation-into-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nlmtd.com\/en\/news\/clive-mcnabb-wants-to-make-flying-great-again-by-finally-bringing-aviation-into-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Clive McNabb wants to make flying great again \u2013 by finally bringing aviation into a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39713\" class=\"elementor elementor-39713 elementor-39694\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-top elementor-element elementor-element-49cd3cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49cd3cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d75bcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d75bcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd2529 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bd2529\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f9e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28f9e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/nlmtd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clive-McNabb-1-scaled-e1758029377357.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-38034\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986e351 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"986e351\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399ec51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"399ec51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clive McNabb<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e332c28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e332c28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d9e2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82d9e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clive is an experienced strategy consultant and transformation leader. He helps organizations grow, professionalize, and create sustainable value. With his combination of board-level advice and hands-on leadership, he drives progress in complex challenges. His experience lies at the intersection of strategy, M&amp;A, and large-scale transformations. Clive believes in the power of strong teams and increasingly focuses on sustainability and digitalization as engines for future-proof growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa1fe9 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2fa1fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:clive@nlmtd.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b7759 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aviation veteran Clive McNabb has joined nlmtd with a clear ambition: restore the magic in flying. Not by going back, but by finally moving the industry forward into the 21st century: \u201cWe\u2019ve got so much engineering capability, and yet we\u2019re still stuck on two engines under a wing.\u201d We spoke to McNabb about his vision and how it can become a reality.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b82856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b82856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been hanging around airports since I was 12. Still today, I\u2019m happiest under the wing of a 747. How this 400-tonne piece of metal gets into the air \u2013 that\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McNabb started working in the industry at 20, and 48 years later he still is. Along the way, he has worked for companies like Britannia Airways, KLM, Scarabee Aviation Group, as well as aviation consultancies including NACO, and It\u2019s in the Air. His own passion is still the same as when he was 12, but he sees the magic of those early days is gone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8041485 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8041485\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6806935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6806935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was standing at the gate in Las Vegas, about to get on a 777 with KLM back to the Netherlands. I looked around and nobody was engaged. They were oblivious to the ballet going on all around them: all the engineers that were checking the aircraft for safety, the maintenance, loading the aircraft, planning the most optimal route \u2013 everybody takes it for granted nowadays. We should be in absolute awe.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e1063 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4e1063\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nlmtd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/NLMTD_Beeldbank-17-scaled-e1760533261276-rd8texft511lar8p6ew2l8wue9ds116w4lrthuig80.jpg\" title=\"NLMTD_Beeldbank-17\" alt=\"NLMTD_Beeldbank-17\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762fce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"762fce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From service to mass transport<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d574612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d574612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not that he blames the travellers. The problem, he maintains, is that \u201cwe\u2019ve forgotten we\u2019re a service industry.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur role is connecting people and cultures worldwide. And everybody loves traveling, but it\u2019s no fun if you\u2019re stuck in queues and crammed in tight aeroplanes. It\u2019s all low-fare, low-cost now. We\u2019ve become a mass transport industry.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has also stifled innovation. \u201cAirlines are running on razor-thin margins. And their business day-in day-out is keeping a schedule and flying safe, which they do incredibly well, but it means they aren\u2019t open to a change of business model, because it risks that model of stability and costs them a fortune.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640c81b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"640c81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From magic to shame<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff8c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dff8c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all, clinging on to the old has stripped aviation of much of its former glory. Especially since the lack of innovation is also slowing down the transition to sustainable aviation. The magic of flying has been replaced by flight shame.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn\u2019t mean there hasn\u2019t been any progress, McNabb acknowledges. \u201cApart from the continued move to sustainable fuel, the fuel economy is also completely different nowadays. Today\u2019s aeroplanes are much more efficient.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a very good reason most people don\u2019t know this though, which also points to the lack of fundamental change: aeroplanes still look basically the same as when McNabb entered the industry almost five decades ago.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got so much engineering capability, and yet we\u2019re still stuck on two engines under a wing,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, we\u2019ve <em>got<\/em> to do better.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16a873d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16a873d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad553fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ad553fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nlmtd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC09504-scaled-rdiud4x26z4uzqfh4qbxhpd14wl4buamzymgzlvd0g.jpg\" title=\"DSC09504\" alt=\"DSC09504\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb72380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb72380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Electric aviation<\/strong><\/h6><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong>This then, is what brought McNabb to nlmtd. As part of the Amsterdam-based innovation and strategy consultancy, he wants to help finally usher in a new age of aviation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebacfa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebacfa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And he sees possibilities everywhere, because even though Boeing and Airbus are stuck in the past, there are countless start-ups working hard to take aviation into the future. Undoubtedly the most important step in realising this ambition is the development of electric planes.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re further along than many people think,\u201d McNabb notes. \u201cAround 750 new aircraft of various types are being developed right now, almost all electric. And yes, some of them aren\u2019t going to make it, but there\u2019s so much innovation.Right here in the Netherlands, we\u2019ve actually got the most electric aircraft movements in the world.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the weight and capacity of batteries still puts a limit on the distance an electric aircraft can cover, McNabb emphasises this is not as big of a problem as it is made out to be.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe can already fly 600 kilometres, but with the newest batteries, we will soon be able to fly up to 1,000 kilometres. If we look at Europe, that\u2019s nearly 50% of all commercial flights, meaning that as battery technology improves, the range will only expand further, and we could potentially decarbonise the vast majority of flights.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7456e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af7456e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbe512c elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"bbe512c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90079f0 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"90079f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThese technologies can be leveraged to make aviation sustainable,\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Clive McNabb (nlmtd)<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71a9a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e71a9a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Regional air mobility<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c4c81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32c4c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A concept that fits seamlessly into this shift towards electric aviation is regional air mobility. It\u2019s also McNabb\u2019s \u201cabsolute passion.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional air mobility uses smaller aircraft to provide fast, flexible transport between cities and regions that are too close for traditional airline routes but too far or inconvenient for ground travel. It encompasses different modes of aviation, including an air taxi network, unmanned aviation and swarm flying, where several aircraft fly in close formation.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese are all technologies we can use to make aviation sustainable,\u201d McNabb explains. \u201cThe challenge now is to bring them to the market. To see which concepts work in which situation, have open and honest conversations about what\u2019s feasible and desirable, and develop working business models around them.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1442cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1442cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Operations guy <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a325a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43a325a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a crucial part, because the aircraft are only one piece of the puzzle. \u201cThere\u2019s so much to work out: new revenue streams, better passenger experience, human-oriented security, new airline opportunities, new IT. This is not the old way, not just transporting people. This is something completely new and different \u2013 and <em>very<\/em> cool.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also where McNabb\u2019s own expertise comes in. \u201cI\u2019m an operations guy. I\u2019m really about the business. About how you can make an innovation work, both for the passenger experience and cargo. I get into the details \u2013 loading the aircraft, managing passenger streams, emptying toilets, and so on. I ask myself and people around me: \u2018Is that going to work? Would you use this?\u2019\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way he helped introduce various innovations to the aviation industry. At Schiphol, for instance, he was involved in the development of new self-service systems. For TSA, he helped make the security process at US airports more user friendly. He also founded the company Res2, which offers a Departure Control System.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5022c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5022c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reversing the consulting model<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca829b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca829b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McNabb never considered himself a consultant. But when he learned about nlmtd, he saw a huge opportunity to help accelerate the transition to new modes of aviation.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of my friends, who\u2019s CEO of a US airport, once said to me: \u2018I want to get access to the consultants who really know the business, but I don\u2019t like the consulting model: I have to go to proposal, the consultants turn up, promise me the world, charge a lot of money and in the end give me a report I could have written myself. Can we not reverse this model?\u2019 Well, <em>that\u2019s<\/em> the nlmtd model \u2013 they reversed it.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A crucial part of this model is that nlmtd doesn\u2019t have to wait for a client to hire them. \u201cWe\u2019re all entrepreneurs. We can start an innovation platform. For years I\u2019ve had this passion for electric flying and regional air mobility, but until now I never had the support to drive it over the line. With nlmtd, I believe we can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d0f8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42d0f8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Clive combines his love of aviation with strategic insight into sustainability and digitalization. He helps organizations chart a course toward a future where data and renewable energy take center stage.<\/em><\/p><h6>Curious about Clive \u2014 or about what it\u2019s like to work at nlmtd? 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