This year it runs
from Nov. 2-4, 2012. The World Championships of Punkin' Chunkin in
Bridgeville, Del., brings together some of the most determined,
ingenious, and crazy hobbyists, who arrive with various contraptions
engineered to launch pumpkins thousands of feet.
The competition started in 1986, and last year drew more than
200,000 people. The winning "chunk" in the Adult Air category flew
4,329 feet.
If you can't get there in person, they always have the finals on TV
and it is fun and very entertaining.