292 | John W. Warner IV have used a gigantic free-energy tunnel-boring machine of some sort Im told by a mining engineer, immense heat. ‘The stone walls were melted into anthracite, a watertight and strong casing three meters thick. We found this cavern by accident on our first expedition to the fort in late 39 by mule just as you did; the discovery of quality euxenite ore was fortuitous, but that has always been a priority. When the Bear became fully operational a year ago, the engineers widened the entrance. Kammlers men designed and built the clever hangar doors, infrastructure, and airstrip. Porsches design works designed the electric winch system of chains. Quite the… ingenious solutions, I might add. Bernie exclaimed: Impressive. From the air the camouflaged airstrip, tents, fort, and shacks are virtually unrecognizable in a vast sea of mountains. He noticed Porsche chatting with engineers over at the giant door electric motors. Always some tweaking needed, I suppose. Bea crossed her arms and whispered to Alice. Funny. Never met that snake Kammler, and yet its as if I had.. .long ago in some other lifetime. Pure evil, she replied. A husband maybe? Leering ensued. Up the gangway they entered the cockpit compartment, and everyone held their popping ears. Normal. Higher pressure in the ship, said Klemperer. Same when passing in or out of the electro-bubble. Pinch your noses and blow. Ingress and egress are not an issue when the bubble output is reduced. Inside was a large cockpit area with two rows of aircraft seats behind a long curved panel with many gauges. Bea rushed in and sat amazed, gripping the Blohm & Voss wheel in the center seat. Standard panel and yoke for a transportaltimeter, radio direction finder, horizon indicator, oversized airspeed indicator to 1500 kph, tachometer that reads up to…10,000 revs? Holy Jesuit polecats, this rig can reach forty-thousand meters altitude! To her right were several brass levers, one being larger with lightening holes up the shaft. Must be for throttle, lift, descent, and maneuvering. An entire black panel of engine gauges lay in front of the copilots seat, but most made little sense to her: Torsion Bubble Diameter, Megavoltage Flow, Dielectric Medium, Gravity Pressure, Antigravitic Electron Voltage, Plasma Output. The largest dial read Power Reserve with indications from zero to one hundred percent; a moveable red marker was fixed at fifty-two. I say thats odd… A circular glass instrument with a curved swastika in the center met her eyes. An ionic sun compass. No way to use a normal one with all this