Airport Overnighters: The ABCs of Catching Some Zs
Sometimes, Jillian Tillman admits, you simply can't avoid spending a night in the airport.
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Puncture in Fuselage
Puncture in Fuselage
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Aloha Airlines flight 243
Aloha Airlines flight 243
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Operating Emergency Doors in Flight
Operating Emergency Doors in Flight
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Weight Restrictions on Flights
Weight Restrictions on Flights
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Weight of Planes
Weight of Planes
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Weight and Airplane Calculations
Weight and Airplane Calculations
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Airline Tradition
Airline Tradition
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The Economist and Airlines
The Economist and Airlines
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What do the Pilots do?
What do the Pilots do?
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Pilot Inspection
Pilot Inspection
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Flight Logbooks
Flight Logbooks
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Take-Off Room
Take-Off Room
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Which airports do pilots dislike most, and which do they enjoy?
Which airports do pilots dislike most, and which do they enjoy?
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Life as a Pilot
Life as a Pilot
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Electronic Devices in Flight
Electronic Devices in Flight
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Life and Times of Patrick Smith
Life and Times of Patrick Smith
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Design of Airplanes
Design of Airplanes
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Airline Pop Songs
Airline Pop Songs
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WTC Hijackers and Airplane Training
WTC Hijackers and Airplane Training
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What are those numbers and letters for on the back of every plane's fuselage?
What are those numbers and letters for on the back of every plane's fuselage?
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How are pilots evaluated for promotions and raises?
How are pilots evaluated for promotions and raises?
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What are some ways in which passengers can make the crew's job easier?
What are some ways in which passengers can make the crew's job easier?
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Art and the Airplane
Art and the Airplane
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Slanting Planes
Slanting Planes
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Seats in Full Upright Position
Seats in Full Upright Position
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What is the purpose of the complicated watches I always see pilots wearing?
What is the purpose of the complicated watches I always see pilots wearing?
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What do Pilots Carry?
What do Pilots Carry?
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Airplane Safety Cards in Seat Pockets
Airplane Safety Cards in Seat Pockets
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Runways Sloping Uphill
Runways Sloping Uphill
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Why Not Cancel an Empty Flight?
Why Not Cancel an Empty Flight?
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Jet Smarter - Smith Responds
Jet Smarter - Smith Responds
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Airplanes and Hollywood
Airplanes and Hollywood
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Pink Liquid De-Icing Planes
Pink Liquid De-Icing Planes
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Icing and Crashes
Icing and Crashes
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Restricted Airspace
Restricted Airspace
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Dinging on Flights
Dinging on Flights
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Landing Airplanes on Autopilot
Landing Airplanes on Autopilot
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Listening to Pilot Communication
Listening to Pilot Communication
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UAL and Pan Am
UAL and Pan Am
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Airline Registrations
Airline Registrations
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Jettison Fuel
Jettison Fuel
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Airlines to Africa
Airlines to Africa
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Airline Hits
Airline Hits
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Airplane Fuel Different From Other Fuel
Airplane Fuel Different From Other Fuel
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Westbound Red Eye Flights
Westbound Red Eye Flights
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Fuel Flying Cross USA
Fuel Flying Cross USA
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Fuel and Circling
Fuel and Circling
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Bird Hitting a Plane
Bird Hitting a Plane
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Open Window Shade on Landing
Open Window Shade on Landing
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Exhaust
Exhaust
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Pilot Pay and Seniority
Pilot Pay and Seniority
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Pet Treatment on Planes
Pet Treatment on Planes
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Flight Cancellation Due to Weather
Flight Cancellation Due to Weather
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How worried should we be about shoulder-launched missiles being fired at civilian aircraft?
How worried should we be about shoulder-launched missiles being fired at civilian aircraft?
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Airline Reading
Airline Reading
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Conspiracy Theories and Flight 77
Conspiracy Theories and Flight 77
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Office Paper and Other Misfortunes
Tales from the workplace with Patrick Smith
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Lasers and Lunacy
Lasers and Lunacy
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Cell Phone Calls In-Flight
Cell Phone Calls In-Flight
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Long Haul Flights and Misc. News
Long Haul Flights and Misc. News
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Pilot Report: Pluna
Pilot Report: Pluna
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Pilot Report: LAN
Pilot's review of LAN
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Expensive Jet Fuel
Expensive Jet Fuel
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Why Delays After Emergency Landings?
Why Delays After Emergency Landings?
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Taking on Extra Fuel
Taking on Extra Fuel
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Onboard Music Offerings
Onboard Music Offerings
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Losing an Engine: A Personal Experience
What happens in the cockpit when an engine is lost.
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Flying with a Disabled Engine
Should a pilot continue flying a plane with a disabled engine?
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Cool Mapping Systems and 3-Engine Planes
Cool Mapping Systems and 3-Engine Planes
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Shutting Down an Engine Mid-Flight
Shutting Down an Engine Mid-Flight
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Shutting Down One Engine After Landing
Shutting Down One Engine After Landing
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Safety Myths and Facts
Are smaller planes more unsafe? Are the pilots more inexperienced?
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The Safest Airlines
The Safest Airlines
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The Long Suffering China Air
What makes China Air so terrible?
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Southern, Northern Flights and Safety Standards
Patrick Smith discusses the most northern - and southern - flights, as well as Robert Pelton's review of the 'worst airlines'.
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The world's largest airliner takes to the sky
Patrick Smith asks, just how impressed should we be?
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The Pilot gets domestic -- and the results aren't pretty
Patrick Smith reviews US Airways
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Nonstop to India from the United States
Nonstop to India from the United States
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Extended Travel Tips
Mark Feenstra shares his tips on making a long layover a little more enjoyable.
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Pilot Not Trained for Fog
Pilot Not Trained for Fog
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Numbers Along the Edge of the Runway
Numbers Along the Edge of the Runway
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Poor Thrust Fallback on Takeoff
Poor Thrust Fallback on Takeoff
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Code Shares and Airplane Thrust Reversals
Code Shares and Airplane Thrust Reversals
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Are Commuter Planes Ex-Commerical Planes?
Are Commuter Planes Ex-Commerical Planes?
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Low Approach Flights
Low Approach Flights
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Explaining Three Letter Airport Codes
Explaining Three Letter Airport Codes
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Price of an Airliner
Price of an Airliner
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Air Travel with an Infant
Air Travel with an Infant
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Most Embarrassing Thing as a Pilot
Most Embarrassing Thing as a Pilot
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Ten Worst Airplane Crashes in History
Ten Worst Airplane Crashes in History
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Pre-Flight Safety Briefing
Pre-Flight Safety Briefing
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Key Subset for Airline Cockpit
Key Subset for Airline Cockpit
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How Does an Airplane Stop so Quickly?
How Does an Airplane Stop so Quickly?
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Avoiding Asian and African Airline Carriers
Avoiding Asian and African Airline Carriers
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Flames from Airplane Engine
Flames from Airplane Engine
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Airplanes Making Up for Lost Time
Airplanes Making Up for Lost Time
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Tackling Terrorism
Tackling Terrorism
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Advanced Warning of Pan Am 103 Bombing
Advanced Warning of Pan Am 103 Bombing
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Female Pilots
Female Pilots
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Code Sharing Between Airlines
Code Sharing Between Airlines
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Pilots Paying for Own Training
Pilots Paying for Own Training
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Airplane Finding Runways in Fog
Airplane Finding Runways in Fog
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Salaries of Airline Pilots
Salaries of Airline Pilots
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Difference Between Pilot, Copilot and Captain
Difference Between Pilot, Copilot and Captain
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Getting a Pilot's License
Getting a Pilot's License
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Store Tray Table for Takeoff and Landing
Store Tray Table for Takeoff and Landing
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Trail of Mist Behind Airplane Wingtip
Trail of Mist Behind Airplane Wingtip
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Oldest Airline in the World
Oldest Airline in the World
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What Happened to TWA FLight 800?
What Happened to TWA FLight 800?
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Pilot's View of September 11
Pilot's View of September 11
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Airplane Engine Pops
Airplane Engine Pops
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Too Hot to Fly
Too Hot to Fly
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Largest Airline in the World
Largest Airline in the World
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Longest Nonstop Flight in the World
Longest Nonstop Flight in the World
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Airline Gold Standards
Airline Gold Standards
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Aborted Landings
Aborted Landings
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No US Airline Flights to Africa
No US Airline Flights to Africa
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Ocean Crossings with Minimum Three Engines
Ocean Crossings with Minimum Three Engines
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Cheap Pilots
Cheap Pilots
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Are Airplane Flotation Devices Actually Useful?
Are Airplane Flotation Devices Actually Useful?
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Speaking Up About Airplane Issues
Speaking Up About Airplane Issues
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Flotation Devices When Flying Domestically
Flotation Devices When Flying Domestically
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Travel Through Rough Weather
Travel Through Rough Weather
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Can Wind Rip off Airplane Wings?
Can Wind Rip off Airplane Wings?
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Airplane Take Off Bumping
Airplane Take Off Bumping
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Planes Carry Extra Fuel
Planes Carry Extra Fuel
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Decreasing Flow of Oxygen to Save Fuel on Airplanes
Decreasing Flow of Oxygen to Save Fuel on Airplanes
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Travelers Get Lousy Airline Advice
Patrick Smith explains that most travelers aren't getting accurate information.
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Airplane Engine Fire
Airplane Engine Fire
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Amount of Fuel an Airplane Carries
Amount of Fuel an Airplane Carries
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Airplane Fuel Versus Other Types of Fuel
Airplane Fuel versus Other Types of Fuel
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Uphill Runways
Uphill Runways
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Airplane Cabin Pressure
Airplane Cabin Pressure
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Lightning Striking Airplane
Lightning Striking Airplane
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Amount of Turbulence an Airplane Can Handle
Amount of Turbulence an Airplane Can Handle
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Does Dinging Signal Cabin Crews?
Does Dinging Signal Cabin Crews?
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Who Cancels and Delays Airline Flights?
Who Cancels and Delays Airline Flights?
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What Planes Reach Destinations Faster
What Planes Reach Destinations Faster
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Double Decker Revolutionizing Air Travel
Double Decker Revolutionizing Air Travel
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Safest Commercial Planes
Safest Commercial Planes
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Airplane Glide to Landings
Airplane Glide to Landings
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Incapacitated Crew In Flight
Incapacitated Crew In Flight
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Opening Emergency Doors Mid-flight
Opening Emergency Doors Mid-flight
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Guns in the Cockpit
Guns in the Cockpit
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President Airways: The Plane to Phnom Penh
There were about 25 of us; this was the full compliment of passengers flying with me to Phnom Penh. Bangkok Airport gate #6 was where I was to depart from....
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Fear of Flying
Dave Copeland points out that if you only take a couple of trips every year, you have a better chance of winning Powerball than dying on a plane.
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Transportation
How to get there and get around.
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Air Travel Links
If you're traveling by air, here are some good links worth checking out.
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