I went to the 2011
Dulles Day Plane Pull on Saturday. It didn't rain. I took a
bunch of photos. Most of them involve people pulling a plane (
Krystle, a
FedEx Airbus A310-221) that weighs 160,000 pounds empty.
If you like looking at the fronts of planes and the backs of t-shirts, there are shots like this:
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Team FGM.
Though I preferred trying to see people's faces. This one was from the side:
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Note the specific lack of "plane" in this shot.
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Team Codgers.
The photos I liked best, I shot from the tail of the plane, looking forward, using the 10x zoom on the Nikon. There still wasn't a lot of plane, but you can see the nose gear:
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The best expressions of the day.
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There's a few more of this team, some showing less effort, some more.
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I like the UPS plane tail in the background.
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They seem awful happy.
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Effort.
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Team TSA. There were several jokes made about Team TSA being allowed to keep their shoes on.
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Every bit helps.
Non-Pully Things
There were also a lot of non-pully things, including an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner:
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The Airbus A380 is quite large.
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Danger -> | <- Danger
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Strong robot presence (thanks to the Alexandria Police Department.)
There are also a
bunch of photos of A-10s, a C-17, B-25 and more hardware from the Alexandria PD.
Finally, I bought a large pizza for $5 as I was leaving.
1 comment:
Wherever team happy is from, they must have an awesome dental plan.
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