2026 Southwest Virginia Plane Pull - Sept. 26
We’re back on the ropes —show Special Olympics Virginia athletes you’re pulling for them.
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Event Information
All the information you need to know about the 2025 Southwest Virginia Plane Pull.
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Kids Pull
Back again this year! It's time for the whole family to flex!
Plane Amazing ROA
These Special Olympics athletes are some of the coaches supporting teams at the Southwest Virginia Plane Pull!
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Signature Aviation Powers the Southwest Virginia Plane Pull at ROA
A hometown airport, months of FAA planning, and one unforgettable day on the tarmac supporting Special Olympics Virginia athletes
Partners
Thanks for making Plane Pull possible.
Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport
FedEx
Western VA Regional Jail
Star Flight Training
Virginia Credit Union
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Delta Airport Consultants
Signature Aviation
Gentry Locke
Lionberger Construction
Questions?
We've got a plane awesome team for that! Send us your questions.
Plane Amazing Athletes
Meet the athletes you'll be pulling with.
Plane Amazing - Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson has been a Special Olympics athlete for 31 years, and he has used them well in basketball, swimming, track and field, softball, tennis and golf.
Plane Amazing - Joshua Crump
Joshua Crump has spent his time with Special Olympics Virginia playing baseball, basketball and soccer three sports, one very busy calendar.
Plane Amazing - Joseph Koehler
Joseph Jung-Kyun Koehler has been track and field, bowling, bocce and basketball, plus more Summer and Fall State Championships than most people attend in a lifetime.
Plane Amazing - Nathon Horton
Nathon Horton has been a Special Olympics Virginia athlete since 1992 that is more than three decades of golf, volleyball, bowling and basketball, and he is not slowing down.
Plane Amazing - Erica Bookout
Erica Bookout is small in stature and small in voice, but give her a box and a microphone and she will bring a crowd to its feet.
Plane Amazing - Dylan Jacquez
Dylan Jacquez joined Special Olympics Virginia in 2021 and has been going full speed ever since track and field, soccer, basketball and golf, all squeezed in around school.
Plane Amazing - Franklin Lawson
Franklin Lawson has been a Special Olympics Virginia athlete since 2010, and somewhere along the way he decided to try everything: swimming, bowling, bocce, basketball, track and field, volleyball, skiing, pickleball and flag football, for anyone still counting.
