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What IS the actual Plane Pull?
A benefit for Special Olympics Virginia, the pull is a fun team competition to see which group can pull a 164,000+ pound Airbus the fastest. Teams are made up of 25 members, who all line up adjacent to a huge rope attached to the aircraft. The starter signals when to start and starts the stopwatch. After the team pulls the aircraft 12 feet, the stopwatch stops and the elapsed time is recorded as the team score.

It’s more than just a Plane Pull! An entire festival has grown up around the competition, and features a wide range of events and activities for the entire family. Come check out the car show, aircraft displays, exhibitor areas, games, & rides in the Kids Corner, live music, concessions and more! There’s even a School Bus Pull for the kids… so gather your friends and family and make a day of it!

Special Olympics is a year-round international program of sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The program gives Virginia's athletes continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness...

2009 Team Fundraising Leader Board

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW... Plane Pull 2010 will be held on Saturday, September 25th!

Team Cisco has issued a challenge... and would love to see several teams step up to take on the top fundraiser of the last few years. Merrill Lynch has already accepted Cisco’s 2010 fundraising challenge - a friendly competition and a win-win for the athletes!

Let us know if you want to challenge Cisco, and what your suggested terms would be! (Terms of the competition will be reviewed by Special Olympics to ensure a fair competition.)

2009 Results (last updated 10/6/09). Check out all 2009 category winners by clicking on Teams and then Team Results.

Plane Pull Team	Money Raised	Goal	2009 Pull Time
CISCO Systems	$24,060	$15,000	7.425 seconds
Merrill Lynch	$8,145	$7,500	9.747 seconds
GPI Plane Yankers	$3,185	$4,000	9.446 seconds
Paul VI High School Men's Lacrosse	$3,015	$2,000	10.543 seconds
Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies	$2,350	$1,500	8.545 seconds
Gordon Biersch	$2,228	$5,000
Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation	$2,180	$2,000	7.699 seconds (Fun Pull)
Loudoun Cnty Sheriff's Office SERT	$2,120	$2,000	9.215 seconds
ARC Plane Pull Crew	$2,085	$2,000	9.418 seconds
UPS	$2,000	$2,000	10.943 seconds (Fun Pull)
NTSB - Pulling for Safety	$1,645	$2,000	19.492 seconds
Pentagon Police	$1,575	$2,000	8.039 seconds
Silver Backs	$1,530	$3,000	8.317 seconds
MWAA Sgt. Sullivan Memorial Team	$1,405		6.847 seconds (2nd Place)
Gutterman Services	$1,340	$2,000
COmputing TechnologieS, Inc.	$1,250	$1,000
Time Warner Cable	$1,207.65	$1,500	8.037 seconds (Fun Pull)
Loudoun County Public Schools	$1,165	$2,000	7.543 seconds (Fun Pull)
Verizon Business	$1,105	$5,000	10.003 seconds
Loudoun County Deputies	$1,095	$2,500	9.215 seconds
Metron Aviation	$750	$2,000	12.095 seconds
PMHS Dulles Hotels	$656	$2,000	13.467 seconds
The X-Men	$150	$5,000	8.770 seconds
ITT Space Systems Division	$145	$3,950	8.755 seconds

Fun Pull means the team had more than 25 on the rope.