HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
TO PULL A PLANE FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS?
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
Newark Liberty International Airport
8 am to 2 pm
Registration for 2012 is not open yet - please check back again! 2011 Event photos. Join us as teams of 20 compete to pull a Boeing 737 weighing over 93,000 lbs. on the United tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport!
Each team has a captain and will compete in three ways:
Fastest Pull
Team to pull the aircraft 12 feet in the least amount of time wins
Lowest Combined Weight Pull
Team with the lowest team weight to pull the aircraft 12 feet in the least amount of time (two-minute limit) wins
Top Fundraiser
Teams are encouraged to raise as much money as possible prior to the event. The top three teams will be honored in post-event ceremonies.
All proceeds collected by Plane Pull teams benefit Special Olympics New Jersey athletes and help foster the Special Olympics New Jersey mission:
To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The Plane Pull was first introduced in 1997. The success of this event has helped more than 22,000 athletes train and compete free of charge, year-round in 24 Olympic-type sports.
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2011 Results:Fastest Pull
1st - Chesapeake Sheriff's Office
2nd - Elmwood Park PBA
3rd - Allied Aviation
Lowest Combined Weight Pull
1st - Steve Tylee Fitness Gym
2nd - Johnson & Johnson
3rd - Monroe Local 255 ALL TEAMS RESULTS Top Three Fundraising Teams 1st - Knights of Columbus
2nd - Brandon's Bulls
3rd - Johnson & Johnson
2011 fundraising totals can be found on the Sponsor a Team page.
Who do we support?
All proceeds from Plane Pull teams benefit Special Oympics New Jersey athletes and help foster the Special Olympics
New Jersey mission.
Click here for more information about Special Olympics New Jersey.
Law Enforcement
Torch Run
The Law Enforcement Torch Run first introduced
the United Plane Pull in 1997 and in conjunction with many other
events raises more than $1,000,000 each year for Special Olympics New Jersey.
Click here for more info on the LETR’s fundraising efforts and how YOU can help!
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