The Ronald McDonald House is gearing up for its 3^rd Annual Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta Plane Pull on April 30, 2011. The event brings together groups from all industry sectors, such as medical, education, military, firefighters and various other groups in the Augusta area. Teams of 20 compete to pull a FedEx 727 Boeing aircraft 12 feet in the shortest amount of time. The Ipswitch team is the defending champions for the 2009 and 2010 plane pull. Our team pulled the 193,000 lb plane 12 feet in just 6.499 seconds!  The event is lots of fun and it does give the winning groups much bragging rights, but the key objective behind the event is raising money for charity. This event is something our team looks forward to every year. Not only are we helping children in need through a great organization…but we have fun while doing it.