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for me. The hour went slowly but not unpleasantly. We had sack lunches... I actually had 2 of them because both Spletsloener & Clark got them for me. About 11:45 I had 2 or 3 bites of a ham & cheese sandwich & half a small can of apple juice. I was still comfortable but by no means hungry. My camera bag was on the top of the heap right in front of me. So finally I swapped the ice [[?]] outside & the scene inside the Herc. Clark came by all wired-up as a crewman & sat on the cabin steps< I had him take a couple of shots of me, (Stover took me in the hospital). After about 4 1/2 hours of flying, a young woman, woke up and got up, came to a huge cabinet close by me, opened the door revealed a toilet seat, & she went in. Looked out again for a light switch & then disappeared. The long flight Hence have sit-down toilets, & nobody told me that! I used it soon after. No light except thru some grills. No water in toilet or basin. But a great improvement none-the-less. [[end page]] [[start page]] Finally the Captain announced landing in 55 minutes. People wake up, took their seats. The rem collected all the trash & garbage. We landed at exactly 5:20 -- an 8 hour flight. As we were coming in, one of the crewmen said "We have an ambulance waiting for you." I was reassured. After landing we sat while N.Z. customs came aboard & did perfunctory searches. And the plan was sprayed. Then a small N.Z. Corporal w. a jaunty hat accompanied me off. I had never seen my tote bag & was concerned about it. Clarke couldn't care less; he said he had put it in the stock & so he knew it was there. The Corporal led me down the steps & across the pavement past what looked like an ambulance. I told him one was waiting for me & he said it would pick me up at the outer door -- we had to go thru immigration & customs. (No sign of Clarke all the time). As we landed, so did a huge commercial liner, so lines were very long. I got thru immigration fairly easily, then sat for a long time waiting for my bags. Finally they came and the Corporal grabbed