According to the Federal Aviation Administration airman certification inquiry, Starnes is also a flight instructor for single engine airplanes.
In a 1977 review Paul Hellyer, a former Minister of National Defence, suggested other characters were strongly based on John Starnes, Bennett's boss, Solicitor General Jean-Pierre Goyer, Karl Kristian Ring, who he identifies as an arms dealer.
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