Team claims record-breaking pumpkin launch in southern Utah, awaits Guinness verification
By APFriday, September 10, 2010
Team claims record-breaking pumpkin launch in Utah
MOAB, Utah — A team that shoots pumpkins from a giant air cannon says it achieved the holy grail of the sport - chucking a pumpkin a distance of more than one mile.
The “Big 10 Inch Team” from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey says it launched the 9.5-pound pumpkin at Moab’s old airport on Friday.
The team used a 90-foot, compressed-air cannon and traveled to southern Utah hoping the high elevation and thin air would help the vegetable sail farther.
The group launched a pumpkin near Moab last year that traveled short of a mile, or 4,623 feet, but still set a Guinness World Record.
A licensed professional surveyor was to verify the distance later Friday.
Online:
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
