This is Mark's second year participating in the Midwest plane pull. Several companies in the area sponsor a team consisting of 10 people to pull an 717 (82,000 lbs) 12 ft.
All of the proceeds go to the MACC fund.
See the plane pull on Youtube
This was the beauty they pulled.
I forget how many teams there were in all, but each team gets to pull twice, and the top 8 teams with the lowest combined score goes on to the 2nd round. The prize was airline tickets.
This was their first pull. 7.8 seconds. This probably sounds really fast, but other teams did it in 6.1 seconds. It just doesn't seem possible
Oliver and I cheered on the sidelines, and snacked on freebies:)
The sponsoring companies send out their mascots to entertain the crowd.
Oliver did really well with this Ho Chunk poker chip.
The squirrel however took some getting used to.
Mark's team just barely didn't qualify for the 2nd round. Ohwell. There's always next year
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