25th Annual Dulles Day Festival and Plane Pull
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25th Annual Dulles Day Festival and Plane Pull

From left: Mason Carter from Rockville, Samay Shikarpuri from Fairfax, and Alex Segovia from Herndon pull for team Singhal & Company, Inc.

From left: Mason Carter from Rockville, Samay Shikarpuri from Fairfax, and Alex Segovia from Herndon pull for team Singhal & Company, Inc. Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

Femi Ajewole (left) and Soroush Sheshpari pull hard for team Bechtel from Reston.

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department participate in the annual plane pull.

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

Chris Gray leads the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office team to an 11th straight win by pulling an 82-ton FedEx airplane 12 feet in 5.18 seconds.

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

Plane Pull founder Joe Hurtuk started the event in 1992 and returned this year to mark the 25th anniversary.

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

David Egan from Vienna with his mom Kathleen Egan on the runway. David Egan is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger. He addressed the participants before competition began and served as a coach for the event.

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Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection

After kicking off the Plane Pull by pulling first, members of team Special Olympics Virginia Athletes gather for a group photo.

The 25th annual Dulles Day Festival and Plane Pull was held at Washington International Airport on Saturday, Sept. 23. Close to 100 teams of 25 competed to see how fast they could pull a full-size jet aircraft 12 feet. The family-friendly event is sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and has raised more than $2 million for the Special Olympics Virginia.

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