CT-114 Tutor

The Canadair CL-41 Tutor, designated CT-114 by the RCAF, was built in Montreal, Quebec. Work on the aircraft began in 1956 when Canadair anticipated that the RCAF would need to replace its older Meteor and T-33 jet trainers. The first Tutor flew in January 1960, and the RCAF soon ordered 190, with deliveries beginning in late October 1963 and the last aircraft delivered in September 1966. Tutors were used by the Golden Centenaires, organized in 1967 to mark Canada's Centennial, and although that team flew for only one year, the aircraft became a demonstration plane at 2 Canadian Forces Flying School in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in 1970. In 1971 that team became known as the Snowbirds, and in 1975 the Snowbirds were officially designated the Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Team. The team became 431 Air Demonstration Squadron in 1978 and is still flying. The Tutors used by the Snowbirds have enhanced engines to improve performance. Although the Tutor was replaced as a trainer in 2000, it is still used for aircraft testing by the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta.

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