Pictures of People Pulling a Plane

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:

Team FGM.

Though I preferred trying to see people's faces. This one was from the side:

Note the specific lack of "plane" in this shot.

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:

The best expressions of the day.

There's a few more of this team, some showing less effort, some more.

I like the UPS plane tail in the background.

The Shooting Divas of DMV, an all-woman team.

They seem awful happy.

Effort.

Team TSA. There were several jokes made about Team TSA being allowed to keep their shoes on.

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:

The Airbus A380 is quite large.

Danger -> | <- Danger

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.