CT-114 Tutor

When the Snowbirds, Canada's world famous aerial acrobatic team, perform high above the clouds, their Canadair CT-114 Tutors are put through their paces.

The Tutor, a Canadian-designed and -produced single-engine subsonic jet trainer that entered service in the mid-1960s, was used for basic and advanced pilot training until it was replaced by the CT-156 Harvard II and CT-155 Hawk in 2000.

Since it was retired from the training role in 2000, the two operators of the Tutor have been 431 Air Demonstration Squadron - The Snowbirds and the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment. Both units will continue to fly the nimble Tutors for the foreseeable future.

FACTS AND FIGURES - CT-114 TUTOR

Length

9.75 m 

Wingspan

11.13 m 

Height

2.84 m

Weight

3,370 kg 

Power

General Electric J85-CAN-40 turbo jet 

Speed

763 km/h

Ceiling

11,850 m 

Range

648 km 

Crew

2 

Year(s) procured

1962

Quantity in CF

25

Location(s)

15 Wing Moose Jaw, Sask. 

4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta.

All information and pictures taken from http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/equip/equip1_e.asp