Canadair CT-114 Tutor CL-41

In the early 1950s Canadair Limited proposed a new, high-performance jet trainer to help train the Royal Canadian Air Force pilots who would fly the newly acquired F-86 Sabre. During the design of what would become the CT-114 Tutor, known inside the company at that stage as the CL-41A, two prototype aircraft were manufactured. The first of them, number 000, was completed on 18 September 1959 and flew on the civil registry as CF-LTW-X; the second was registered CF-LTX-X.

Because the aim was to prepare pilots for the Sabre, many of the controls were the same as the fighter. Unlike the Sabre, however, the new aircraft seated its two occupants side by side, each with identical controls, so that an instructor could monitor the student or take control if necessary. The first flight of one of these prototype Tutors occurred on 13 January 1960, flown by project pilot Ian MacTavish.

After extensive testing and demonstration flights, Canadian Minister of National Defence D. S. Harkness announced an initial order of 190 CL-41As on 11 September 1961. The first Tutors began arriving in 1963, at a cost of 425,000 Canadian dollars per aircraft.

Tutor 000 went on to a long career as a testbed, passing through a number of re-designs and engine variants. In 1971 it was loaned to Canadair to fly in the London to Victoria air race, held to celebrate the centennial of British Columbia joining Confederation. It was later mounted on a plinth at CFB Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, painted as a Golden Centennaire, until 2013, when it was acquired by the National Air Force Museum of Canada and transported to Trenton, where it has been restored and awaits new paint for display. The second prototype, CF-LTX-X, met a different fate: it became the sole CL-41R.