This series consists of course development materials created or acquired by Fernando Vachon for teaching Aircraft Maintenance at PVI. The majority of files were arranged by Vachon according to course subject, or subject of unit within the course. The subseries is divided into two sub-subseries: PVI course development materials and PVI teaching handouts.

This series consists of four typed letters collected by Fernando Vachon. One letter, written in 1971 by P.J. Moloney, a Urologist at Vancouver General Hospital, is perhaps related to Fernando Vachon’s contribution to the construction of a hemodialysis machine. One of the letters concerns an airlift crane write-up by Vachon and Kenneth G. Fraser in 1971, submitted to Boeing Aerospace Group, Vertol Division, in Pennsylvania. The remaining two letters are to do with Vachon’s retirement from CP Air in 1977.

This series consists of teaching materials created or acquired by Fernando Vachon for teaching Aircraft Maintenance at PVI. These materials include handwritten notes, photocopied reference materials, journal and newspaper clippings, technical drawings, quiz and exam templates, students’ exams, and books. The majority of these files were categorized by Vachon by subject, including Sheet Metal, Ice Prevention, Propellers, Tires, Pneumatics. Subjects either correspond to course names, or subjects of units taught within these courses.

This series consists of published materials primarily to do with aircraft design and maintenance, the majority of which were likely used by Fernando Vachon as reference for teaching Aircraft Maintenance at PVI. Included are teaching guides, periodicals, pamphlets, handbooks, workbooks, study guides, an aviation dictionary, and general works about aviation. While most of the books are labeled property of Vachon, a few appear to have been textbooks assigned to Vachon’s students.

This series consists primarily of journal articles collected by Fernando Vachon for the development of a maintenance manual for the Douglas DC-6, an airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Also included are clipped photocopied articles, which have been arranged for copying and distributing. The manual may have been developed for Vachon’s students at PVI, though this is uncertain.

This series consists of handouts and templates created by Fernando Vachon for the purposes of copying and distributing to students in his Aircraft Maintenance courses at PVI. Handouts include blank exam sheets, blank log sheets, blank aircraft maintenance checklists, blank worksheets, assignment instructions, technical drawings, and information sheets. Also included are handwritten notes.