Phoenix

29.

Jin's four-seated Cessna plane was looking just like a small bird above the Markermeer lake which occupies an area of ​​750 square kilometers.

The size of this lake can compete with any bay elsewhere that's how big the lake is.
It is situated between the mainland of the Netherlands and the island of Flevoland.
Sunlight was reflecting on the clear and calm water down below and bounced back with double brightness as if to dazzle the eye of the spectators. Therefore, they did not see the shore of the lake that appeared in front of them before the very last moment.

Jin was in the pilot's seat, with Eva Lawrence beside him to guide him to the location. They had to try four flying clubs in a row until they got this Cessna for rent.

It was very fortunate that an aircraft was found so quickly without any prior booking.
The time spent meanwhile cannot be called a waste. They just saved the five-hour-long road trip by crossing the lake in the air. The five-hour journey has just come down to merely forty minutes.

Seeing the shore ahead, Arya tapped Eva on the shoulder and said,"we've Arrived in Flevoland. Show us the way now."

"The Van Buren's estate is about thirty miles from the lake," said Eva, "go straight for another ten minutes. Then you may have to detour a bit."

''Why, you don't know the place?"

"I can close my eyes and still reach there if I were on road. But everything looks different from above. What can I do, there is no landmark or signpost in the sky to know the way apparently!"

Jin agreed. He should have understood it beforehand.
He was so deeply preoccupied with the thought of reaching Dr. Buren that he didn't think of it that much.

After crossing the shore of the lake and reaching above the ground, the reflection decreased and this time they could see everything a bit. It took ten minutes before Eva said excitedly, "Mr. Kim! To the Right...Can you see the highway? That's the road to Biddinghuizen. follow the way up to the city. After reaching the city, it will not be difficult to recognize the rest of the way."

Jin shook his head and turned the control column. Slowly turning the Cessna paralleled up the highway, this time he let it run straight.

Arya said, "we are going by plane, can we land at the estate?"

"We can," replied Eva, "An airstrip has been built there. Dr. Buren sometimes brings small planes or helicopters when she comes. Apart from that, it is also used to fly the airplanes in her collection."

"Collection!"

"Madam has a knack of collecting old airplanes. They are kept in a hangar next to the airstrip."

"Whether it's an aircraft or a car... anything antique needs a lot of time for their maintenance," Jin said, "restoration, maintenance-so many troublesome work. How does Dr. Buren manage them?"

"She doesn't do anything herself," said Eva, "there are people hired for those works. They handles everything."

Arya said in a surprised tone, "If she doesn't do anything herself, what is the meaning of keeping these collections?"

Eva shrugged, "flauntings of wealthy people...what else can I call it?"

The town of Biddinghuizen loomed in front of the Cessna in no time. Now
Eva began to guide Jin. Within five minutes, the plane arrived at Van Buren's estate. Jin noticed the manor in the distance with the airstrip almost hundreds of years away. But no hanger came to his sight.

Seeing Jin's questioning eye, Eva pointed her finger towards a small hill at one end of the airstrip and said that the hanger's body was made by cutting the inside of the hill.