Hi friends - these are picture from our first crew meeting 
at the end of July 2003. The boat is still 2 years away 
from ready to launch but some parts are ready for tests. 

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Chamber entrance hatch short before first 
manned pressure test to 100 foot (30 m). 
Dieter, Steafan and I are the "divers" on this test. 

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Chamber inlet and outlet ball valves. 
The baseplate is made from 2inch strong 
stainless steel. 

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Transfer hatch for supply parts  and 
the two chamber windows made from 1" acrylic.
Diameter windows is 80 mm (3") 

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Andre check the ballvalves. The big indicator on 
the right panel shows 3 atmosphere. 25 are possible 
with this chamber. 

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Andre with the chamber-logbook and the 
russian tank-driver-heatset with the intercom.  

best regards Carsten