I have to ask: How fast did they have to pull the rope to get the plane to be airborne?
I'd love to hear the back story.
Eric
Hmmm... could they have flown it like a kite?! Maybe...but the pilot kept hitting the brakes after the plane moved a few feet.
The plane-tug was part of a fundraiser for the North Carolina Special Olympics (
link). The organizers were nice enough to let me on the tarmac to take a few shots. It just wasn't possible to capture the drama from behind the ropes. This is how it looked from the crowd: