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Plane pull raises funds for Make-A-Wish ND

Submitted Photo Team CrossFit Vokse was the first 20-person team to pull the Sun Country Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane at the inaugural Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull. The 737-800 weighs about 91,000 pounds empty, and the CrossFit Vokse team pulled it the required 100 feet in 29.47 seconds, which earned them third place in the six-team contest Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Overland Aviation hangar at the XWA Williston Basin International Airport. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Members of team Go Wireline LLC make their pull of the Sun Country Airlines plane in the inaugural Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull, as team captain Tannis Schye, right side of photo, yells vocal coaching commands. Go Wireline LLC won first place. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Go Wireline LLC's team won the Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull event with a pull time of 26.06 seconds. After each pull an aircraft tractor hooked up and pushed the airline back to the starting line. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Amanda Godfread, regional director for Make-A-Wish North Dakota from Fargo, presents Tannis Schye, captain of the Go Wireline LLC team, the first-place plaque for top fundraising team, raising $5,180. Photo by Roger Riveland.

WILLISTON – Six 20-person teams tested their strength in the inaugural Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull held at XWA Williston Basin International Airport in Williston Saturday, Aug. 16.

The six teams – CrossFit Vokse, Liberty Energy/Wolla Trucking, Overland Aviation, GO Wireline LLC, Magnum Services and XWA-Williston Basin International Airport – competed to see who could pull a Sun Country Airlines passenger jet for 100 feet the fastest.

Go Wireline LLC’s team won the event with a pull time of 26.06 seconds. Go Wireline LLC also won the first-place award for highest fundraising team with a total of $5,180.

The slowest team’s time was 35.86 seconds.

The event included a free lunch, showing of Disney’s “Planes” movie and plane rides.

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