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Highlights:
A Canadian-built and -designed two-seater jet used for pilot training by the RCAF and Canadian Forces from 1963 until 2000; side-by-side seating, reliability and durability made it ideal for training
First aircraft designed by Canadair that was not adapted from other aircraft
Flown by the Golden Centennaires at Expo 67, a world fair held in Montreal to celebrate Canada’s centenary
Best known as the aircraft used in air demonstrations by the Canadian Forces’ aerobatic team, the Snowbirds
First flight was on January 13th, 1960
History:
The first aircraft designed from scratch by Canadair, the CT-114 Tutor was developed in the second half of the 1950s in the hope that the Royal Canadian Air Force would buy it to replace its piston-powered trainers. A prototype flew for the first time in January 1960, more than a year and a half before the RCAF signed a production contract with Canadair for 190 aircraft. Twenty additional machines were delivered to the Malaysian air force.
Once in service, the Tutor proved to be both rugged and reliable. It served with distinction with the RCAF and the Canadian Forces for almost four decades. This two-seat jet trainer gained recognition throughout the world at the aircraft of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration squadron.
Technical Information:
Wing Span 11. 1 m (36 ft 6 in)
Length 9.75 m (32 ft)
Height 2.8 m (9 ft 3 in)
Weight, Empty 2,220 kg (4,895 lb)
Weight, Gross 3,532 kg (7,788 lb)
Cruising Speed Unknown
Max Speed 800 km/h (498 mph)
Rate of Climb Unknown
Service Ceiling 13,100 m (43,000 ft)
Range 1,002 km (623 mi)
Power Plant One Orenda (General Electric) J85-CAN-40 turbojet, 1,338 kg (2,950 lb) static thrust
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The following information is from by Bill Upton, Research Volunteer with the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum
"CL-41A / CT-114 TUTOR 26155 / 114155 CANADAIR / RCAF / CAF SERVICE HISTORY
Aircraft c/n 1155, RCAF registration No. 26155, subsequent registration 114155 First flight date: January 1966
Taken on Strength: 27 January 1966
Delivery date to the RCAF: 22 February 1966
Following formal delivery to the RCAF, Tutor 26155 was placed in flyable storage with the 6RD at Mountain View, Ontario. In April 1966, a decision was confirmed that a new precision formation aerobatic team was to be formed to celebrate Canada’s Centennial year, and the Canadair Tutor was selected to be the mount of the new team. By the fall of 1966, all of the aircraft destined for the new team had been selected and Tutor 114155 was one of those lucky few, being assigned to RCAF pilot S/L B.K. Doyle.
In March 1980, Tutor 114155, assigned to the AETE at Cold Lake, Alberta, was flown to Canadair for a series of empennage flight load survey tests. These tests were to investigate and address concerns about fatigue damage accumulation and loads impinged on the tails of aircraft in the Snowbirds role. At left it is seen in Canadair’s Experimental Department’s test fixture and at right, ready to leave the Canadair facilities following the completion of the tests.
The Canadair CT-114 Tutor, serial number 114155, seen as Snowbird 5 on the Canada 17-cent stamp issued in November 1981, flies inverted over a landscape scene from an original painting by accomplished aviation artist Mr. Robert Bradford. At the time, Mr. Bradford was the Acting Director of the National Museum of Science and Technology. This special issue postage stamp was one of a commemorative (1979-1982) series of 16 depicting significant Canadian aircraft.
Following its short tenures with the 2 CFFTS demonstration team, the Snowbirds and then the AETE, Tutor 114155 was again reported as assigned to 2 CFFTS, “The Big 2 - Best In The West”, this time as a “working” trainer, at CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in April 1986. The squadron was reported to still have ‘155 in service with the unit during April 1991, February 1995 and in July 1998. Flying on a ferry flight from Moose Jaw on 25 May 1999, Tutor 114155 in 2 CFFTS markings, with a total of 9297.5 hours on the airframe, arrived at the Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron (ATESS) storage facility at Mountain View, Ontario. By February 2000, it was decommissioned and placed in long-term storage within the No. 2 Hangar of the ATESS.
Tutor 114155 was in the standard colours and markings of 2 CFFTS with “The Big 2” badge on the tail in 2010 when it was delivered by truck to L-3 Communications MAS (Canada) at Mirabel Airport, Quebec. Once there, and under the direction of Marc Leblanc, it was destined towards preparation as a dramatic display piece for the main entrance of the newly renamed Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
Originally slated for its highly anticipated public display debut in December 2010, however due to schedule slippage with the finishing construction of the Museum’s entirely new public entrance and lobby area, the date for delivery and installation was pushed back to January 2011. Finally, in the early morning hours of 28 January 2011, a small convoy of flatbed trucks from Mirabel loaded with Tutor 114155 in two major sections, accompanied by L-3 MAS Communications personnel and all necessary assembly, hoisting, and mounting equipment arrived at the Museum for a monumental task. Upon arrival at the CASM, the aircraft’s wings were readily mated to the fuselage assembly and the floor positioning of the inverted aircraft were all completed by 11:00. Electric hoists and steel cable rigging to the building’s major interior support structure high above was completed soon thereafter. The gradual hoisting up and final securing in position of the aircraft was pretty well completed by 14:00 that afternoon. The “pilot” of Snowbird 5 was a fully decked out dummy with the appropriate Snowbirds red flight suit ensemble and had been previously inserted and secured to the left-hand seat in the cockpit.
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