Log of the HIMA Tesla
Monday, February 15
Forenoon Watch: Near Seven Bells
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Jack followed behind me as I made my way down the gangway to the spiral stairs that led upward to the engineering deck. Air currents swirled gently past us, cold air from outside warmed only slightly by the tremendous heat generated by the boilers.
“This is amazing. I can’t believe I’m in a real airship,” he said, his voice filled with awe as our footsteps sounded sharply on the metal staircase. “How big is it? It seems to be several stories tall.”
“The Tesla is seven hundred and fifty feet long, one hundred feet high, and about eighty feet wide. The gondola, which we will leave to access the engineering deck located aft, is ninety-eight feet long. The bulk of that is made up of the cargo holds, two f
