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...span, repeating a similar parade that took place at the bridge's inauguration in 1937, when 200,000 celebrators paid a nickel apiece for the privilege of walking across the bridge on its first day. Those opening ceremonies, which included a flyover by 450 planes from three aircraft carriers, ended up $70,000 in the red. In these more extravagant times, expenditures for the golden anniversary festivities exceed that, but confused organizers say they do not know by how much. Although scaled down from original plans to rival last year's Statue of Liberty centennial in New York harbor...
...plane, strangely, was a French Mirage. We were doing a cool Mach 2 over the Atlantic before I had time to straighten things out. "What the hell is an American arms dealer doing selling French aircraft...
...tough world," I said "What I should have done is bought some good, solid American aircraft...
...wrong." Ernie said. "The U.S. doesn't sell decent aircraft to Third World countries. The Mirage is the only...
From now on, the president said, "if aircraft approach any of our ships in a way that appears hostile, there is one order of battle. Defend yourselves. Defend American lives...