☢️CT-114 TUTOR CANADIAR: avión entrenador a reacción estándar de Canada☢️
Video from the channel BOLAZOmilitar about Canadair CT-114 Tutor, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 10:54. Language: Spanish. Video type: Documentary.
What it's about
Spanish-narrated piece about the Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41), the training jet that Canadair developed on its own initiative and which was the standard trainer of Canadian military aviation. It reviews its design, testing, service life, variants and main characteristics.
Historical context
The basic configuration was fixed in August 1957: a low-wing monoplane with a turbojet, tricycle landing gear and two side-by-side seats. The prototype flew on 13 January 1960 with a Pratt & Whitney JT12A-5. On production aircraft it was replaced by the General Electric J85, with no need for structural changes. In September 1961, the Canadian government ordered 190 CL-41A aircraft, designated CT-114 Tutor, based mainly at Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan). In 1976, 113 aircraft were modernised. In 2000 the Tutor left pilot training, replaced by the CT-155 Hawk and the CT-156 Harvard II, although it continued flying in trials at Cold Lake and with the Snowbirds. In 2019 there were still 24 in service.
Notable facts
In March 1966 Malaysia ordered twenty CL-41G Tebuan light attack aircraft. They were in service from 1967 until June 1986, when the Aermacchi MB-339A replaced them. The experimental CL-41R variant, with the nose of a CF-104, received no orders. According to the video, the Tutor is 9.7 m long, has an 11 m wingspan and is 2.8 m tall, reaches a top speed of 782 km/h and has a service ceiling of 13,600 m. For displays it could carry a diesel-powered smoke generator.