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as its passenger for the 22-mile (35 km), 23-minute flight. Regular tickets were priced at $ 5.00 (equivalent to $ 152.09 in 2023), but Pheil had paid $ 400.00 ($ 12,000 in 2023) at auction for the ticket for the first crossing.
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