It was a very busy day in CYBC, circa July 2005. Fire detection that summer was crazy. We flew about 275 hrs in 6 months in our 182's, a very good season all in all.
That particular day, we had 3 patrols to do and not a lot of time between patrols. We had to hurry on the ground to make the turn as quick as possible. Walk arounds were done quite fast.
After refueling, one of my colleagues took off with the tow bar still attached to the nosewheel. By some streak of luck, one of the Air Satellite pilots who was taxiing saw the epic takeoff and called Mont-Joli Radio just before the gear up sequence.
He came back and landed safely. The tow bar, (and the pilot's ego) were a bit scratched, as you can imagine.
For the rest of the summer we referred to him as ''Tow Bar''.
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