Canadair
CL-41
CT-114 Tutor

Photo: Robert Deering 1991
Alliance Airport (AFW)
Fort Worth, Texas

The Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41) was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer, between the early 1960s and 2000.

In September 1961 the Canadian government ordered 190 examples of the production variant, CL-41A for the RCAF as the CT-114 Tutor. The Tutor served for over 30 years as a primary trainer. In 1976, the Canadian Forces modified 113 remaining aircraft with upgraded avionics and provisions for two belly-mounted 41 US gal (155 l) external fuel tanks.

The Tutor served as the Canadian Forces primary jet trainer until it was replaced by the CT-155 Hawk and CT-156 Harvard II in 2000. The CL-41G model supplied to Malaysia was built as a ground-attack aircraft. The Tutor is currently still used by the Snowbirds aerobatics team. 

Canadair also developed an armament training and light attack variant, the CL-41G, with an uprated engine and underwing hard points to allow the carriage of external stores (up to 4,000 lb (1814 kg) of weapons) and drop tanks. In March 1966, the Royal Malaysian Air Force ordered 20 (serials M-22-01 to M22-11) examples of the CL-41G-5 Tebuan (which means Wasp in the Malay language) aircraft as counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft. The Tebuan entered service in Malaysia in 1967, serving for over 20 years, before being phased out in June 1986 and replaced by the Aermacchi MB-339A.

One other variant was developed, the CL-41R which was fitted with an F-104 Starfighter nose as a proposed electronic systems trainer for future RCAF CF-104 pilots. The R model never went into production.

SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span:  36 ft 4 in (11.07 m) Maximum speed:  486 mph (782 km/h)
Length:  32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) Cruising speed: 
Height:  9 ft 4.5 in (2.86 m) Range:   944 miles (1,520 km)
Empty Weight:  4,840 lb (2,195 kg) Service ceiling:  44,500 ft (13,560 m)
Gross Weight:  7,348 lb (3,333 kg)  
Crew:  2
Engines:  1 × Orenda J85-CAN-40 turbojet, 2,650 lbf (11.8 kN)
Armament:  None
   
SOURCE:  Wikipedia