Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is partnering with Alaska Airlines and Atlantic Aviation to host local nonprofit Alpha Resource Center’s 2nd Annual Plane Pull fundraiser, Saturday, March 4.
On the airfield at SBA, competing teams will attempt to pull a nearly 100,000-pound Alaska Airlines Embraer 175 aircraft with a rope for a distance of 20 feet in the fastest time possible.
West-coast based Alaska Airlines is the presenting sponsor of the event. The event is also hosted in cooperation with Atlantic Aviation at SBA. Alaska Airlines has served Santa Barbara with air daily service for more than 30 years.
SBA has been working with all three partners to organize the unique community event as a symbol of the outcomes that can be achieved when the community pulls together in the same direction.
Fundraising teams can include family members, friends, co-workers, or gym buddies. The event is designed for participants of all abilities and ages.
There will be two divisions: one for public safety personnel, such as EMTs, police officers, firefighters, and military personnel; and the other for the general community.
The competing teams will raise money for Alpha Resource Center by soliciting donors and sponsors to support their team’s participation. Each member of a 10-person team will raise at least $1,000 to participate.
All participants will receive an event T-shirt and a chance to win championship prizes as a reward for the fastest plane pull, in addition to significant bragging rights.
“Alpha Resource Center highlights the unlimited ability of the individuals we serve,” said Josh Weitzman, executive director of Alpha Resource Center.
“We are excited for Alpha participants and families to join teams from throughout Santa Barbara County to do something we all might think is impossible — pulling an actual Alaska Airlines plane,” he said.
“All of us will walk away from this event with a new perspective of what’s possible,” he said. “We thank Alaska Airlines, Santa Barbara Airport and Atlantic Aviation for helping make our 2nd Annual Plane Pull possible.”
Alpha Resource Center thanks all the event sponsors.
Presenting Sponsor: Alaska Airlines
Gold Sponsor: M Timm Development, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors: American Riviera Bank and Mutual of America Financial Group
Venue Sponsors: Santa Barbara Airport and Atlantic Aviation
Registration is now open, learn more and register at https://alphasb.org/plane-pull.
To participate as a sponsor or for any event questions, contact Jeff Henson at Alpha Resource Center, 805-683-2145 or jhenson@alphasb.org.