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Pulling an airliner on a wheelchair
September 08, 2008

Wheelchair users wave as they prepare to pull a Boeing 757 airliner at Lasham Airfield on September 6 in Alton, England [Images]

About 50 wheelchair-bound volunteers used their muscle power to pull the 65 tonne Boeing 757 airliner 100 meters to create a new world record.

The event raised 10,000 pounds for the British Disabled Flyers Association. 

Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images



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