Canadian flight safety mag 1970s

[Antek]

There once was (maybe still is) a Canadian flight safety magazine, circa mid-70s, which featured amongst other things the adventures of a laid-back crew. The No1 went by the name of Stew Jane. Can anyone remember what the magazine was called?

Thanks,

[DaveReidUK]

This comes up every now and then on PPRuNe.

You're thinking of the column in Canadian Aviation penned by Air Canada pilot Jack Desmarais about the exploits of fictitious Maritimes airline Down East International. They were later published as a book, a copy of which I may still have somewhere.

The dramatis personae were pilots Ace McCool, Pete Braddock, The Smarts, Churchy Laflamme, Cowboy McCloskey, Red Starr and T.I. Jacobs, cabin crew Stew Jane, Crazy Iris and Mile-High Millie and mechanic Phil Lister.

I had the pleasure of meeting Jack when on a Canadian demo tour in the mid-80s, great guy and his stories are absolutely hilarious.

[Antek]

Thanks Dave, that's the one. Long shot, but I wonder if the book's still around. Any chance of a PM with publication details?

[DaveReidUK]

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[India Four Two]

And here is Ace's favourite steed, the Vickers "Mudguard":

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Canadian Aviation

I believe the magazine was Canadian Aviation, and the series was from " Down East International" with Ace McCool as the hero

[Wander00]

I remember a RCAF first aid film in the 60s - starts with a DC3 crash - by the end about 50% of cadets were outside throwing up - me included

[India Four Two]

Wander00,

I remember that wonderful film. The essence of the story was that in a multi-crew aircraft, the aircraft captain might not be the best person to lead the crew in a post-crash survival situation.

We watched it in the UBAS crew room at Shawbury one rainy non-flying day. The ATC cadets from 8 (?) AEF next door also came in to watch. Prior to starting the film, their officer warned them that the film was very graphic and if any of them felt queasy, they should go outside..

The film was very well done with lots of realistic-looking bloody wounds and the cadets were all lapping it up. The film reached a climax where there was a close up of a bloody, bubbling chest wound and the person examining the the casualty exclaims, "Ah, a sucking wound!"

This was followed by a moan at the back of the room, as the ATC officer fainted!