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The humble Canadair CT-114 Tutor, or Toot as it was affectionately called, trained every fast aircraft pilot in the RCAF from the mid-1960 through past the turn of the century. But it wasn’t just Canadians who benefited from its outstanding training qualities, the Tutor trained hundreds of pilots from other NATO and friendly countries. Today only the famous Snowbirds flight demonstration team continue to fly the jet and as the airframes age and fewer remain available, they too will eventually retire one of Canada’s most iconic jets.
*One of the Toots had a rather unique history that’s worth mentioning in detail. The first production CL-41G serial number 2201 was built in Montreal and delivered to Malaysia in 1967. It saw combat near the border with Thailand and after it was retired from military service in 1986, was sold to an American flight school in Michigan. It was then sold to the actor and accomplished pilot John Travolta. He flew it until 2001 when he donated it to a school in Florida who have kept it flying to this day.*
Aircraft mentioned:
CL-41A Tutor
CL-41R
CL-41G Tebuan
CF-104 Starfighter
CT-133 Shooting Star
AT-16 Harvard trainer
Music:
Denmark - Portland Cello Project
Research sources:
Canada Aviation and Space Museum Aircraft, Canadair Tutor by Bill Upton (huge thanks to Mr. Upton for his fine work)
www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...
www.royalaviationmuseum.com/78...
www.geocities.ws/faisal4589/te...
www.rwrwalker.ca/CAF_Tutor_det...
www.warbirdalley.com/tutor.htm
www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/a...
ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/c...
www.canadianflight.org/content...
www.wingsmagazine.com/operati...
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Initial Development
4:04 The Tutor is Born
8:30 CL-41R Starfighter Radar Trainer
10:26 The Tutor enters service
13:13 Air Demonstration Squadrons
15:36 Heavily Armed Tutor
17:49 Proposed Advanced Variants
19:08 Upgrades and Final Flights
21:09 Conclusion
Canadair CT-114 Tutor; The iconic Snowbirds demonstrator and NATO pilot training jet
#Snowbirds #RCAF #CanadianAerospace - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
As a former RCAF member. The Tute is that little kid at the event no one respects till they realize how old and how great she flys and performs. All Canadian made airframes just seem to wanna fly and keep working for their aircrews.
The Tute and 100 are proof we Canadians know how to build and be apart of the aviation world
So true!
Just a thought; alternatively to "The Toot" nickname, I submit, "The Toque."
( for Americans, it means the same thing as a 'beanie.')
They need to be replaced. The BAE Hawk would be ideal for the Snow Birds.
Sorry bub. The real proof was The Arrow.
As a 531 tech in Moosejaw Sk, I worked on literally every Tutor in this video. It was certainly a good little plane and a pleasure to work on.
431. Not 531.
I flew the Tutor in 1965/66 in training at Moose Jaw and I remember the positive G limit as 9.33, not 7. Perhaps that was reduced as the airframes aged, but I remember pinning both needles of the G-meter, going into the red both plus and minus, when encountering a pocket of turbulence south of Moose Jaw. The meter showed the maximum positive and negative Gs the airframe had been exposed to since last reset, and only the ground crew could reset it. Bringing it back with the G-meter pegged like that required a ground inpection. I also remember routinely pulling 9G on initial entry into a vertical 8 when practicing aerobatics. Incidentally, the wings were held on cleverly with a single bolt through two tapered main spar ends which crossed each other in a rectangular housing through the fuselage. Simple, safe and effective design.
The aircraft was a real treat to fly. I remember being impressed with the aileron and elevator control feel-zero discernable slack or stiction. A quality machine.
Very interesting, was their any concerns with spinning and the high T-tail, as seen with other aircraft? Thanks.
@@davidcarter6737 No, recovering from spins was part of the standard course procedure. Recovery was easy and predictable thanks to good aerodynamic design, particulary the adequate empennage and control surface area and decent leverage afforded by the long coupling (decent distance from control surfaces to C of G). I've done hammerhead stalls, no problem-o, with the airspeed indicator at zero. Glide ratio was very good for a jet, too.
The T-33, by contrast, which was the advanced trainer at that time, was a marginal design due to too-small empennage (typical of a lot of older designs) and large gyroscopic effect of the large, heavy, centrifugal flow compressor of the Rolls Royce Nene 10 engine. th-cam.com/video/ulY_dw0Hui4/w-d-xo.html
We were not allowed to practice spins in the T-33; it was too dangerous, potentially resulting in a 'tumble', which was an out of control random tumbling through the air which was difficult if not impossible to eject from, due to the extreme G-forces encountered by the pilot making moving the arms almost impossible.
Great info thanks bro
And this is what the Snowbirds are still flying. I appreciate your education, but for today, 2024, this is shameful.
@@tjmcguire9417 I work on that beast as a airframe Tec for 8 years, it's build like a tank. The dry air of the prairies help to. Now that there is no more student to ruff it up it's should survive and still show what canadian built mean.
Regrettably a Tutor from the Snowbirds was lost a few weeks ago, causing the death of one of the crewman, a female Captain. As often in cases like this many people rushed to blame the age of the aircraft involved, but the accident was due to a bird strike just after departure. The crew did eject, but at very low altitude and with the aircraft about 90 degrees nose down. Poor conditions for a safe ejection; even Dan Cooper would have had no chance. So sad.
I also enjoyed reading Dan Cooper. That was the joy of being a kid. I also read too many Michel Vaillant, the race car driver
I wouldn't blame the aircraft, which seems a great design, but would be reluctant to eject from it with the age of the seat design. It's probably cost prohibitive to put in a newer design of seat.
I was sitting in the right seat of 002 and we had a bird strike on takeoff from Montreal’s St Hubert airport, while I was stationed at Canadair with the RCAF. I remember a fleet of seagulls hitting the starboard wing and one hitting the windscreen with a loud thud. After that, I always wore the visor down, except when filming, which was my job in the right seat. We aborted the flight and inspection determined no damage to the engine, so we took offf again. (Using an aka for privacy)
Criminally Under-subbed Channel. Great work man!
Absolutely excellent video. Thank you for presenting this information. It's something most Canadians wouldn't know about and a part of our heritage.
@@polyus_studios That's a great memory to have.
This is excellent. Please keep making these.
subbed. great vid. I am going to be sad to the point of sickness when the snowbirds retire the CT-114. I love the look of it so much and have watched them faithfully since the '70's. I know people freak out when there is an accident or failure but these planes are incredibly well maintained and anyone that cares about the team and isn't just finger pointing and complaining would know that. This type of flying is inherently risky and every snowbird pilot is a national treasure.
aspalovin I agree, BUT the RCAF needs new Jets, because the CF-18’s are too old and are barely capable to fly. The government wants to buy F-35’s BUT it would be a HUGE boost to morale and be a dream come true if they rebuild the Avro Arrow. Plus the Avro Arrow is 2x better than the F-35, EVEN TO TODAYS STANDARDS! it: *Is 2x faster than the F-35, can hold 2x more fuel, AND the most surprising.... 100 Avro Arrows 20 year warrantee would cost 12B and 65 F-35’s 20 year warrantee would cost 25B almost 2x more!*
@@butterygoodness8242 The last time the Canadian government wanted the F-35 was when Harper was still PM. Theoretically, Lockheed Martin is still offering the F-35, but it seems far more likely that either the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (because the RCAF prefers twin engines, and the easier conversion for CF-18 pilots since they cockpit is identical) or the Saab JAS 39 E Gripen (because of its lower operating costs) will be the CF-18 replacement.
@@butterygoodness8242 Canada's Arrow fetishization (and I say this as a Canadian) has led to some seriously warped thinking. The Arrow barely had a place when it was being developed, it certainly doesn't have one now. It was a great plane for its time but that time has passed. It's performance has been met and exceeded by other aircraft. There's a reason the design hasn't been revisited in almost 70(!) years by Canada or its friends and competitors. And it isn't just the Arrow, the entire category is a thing of the past. Your cost 'analysis' is also warped because you're not taking into account the fact that no one builds the thing anymore, we'd be essentially be recreating the plane -- and all the tooling to build and support it -- from scratch, an astronomical cost. There are important things than flying high and fast, and it neither flew the highest or the fastest, even with an engine upgrade. If that's all that mattered The Mig 25 would be the world's premiere fighter.
These videos are tastefully done with so much justice to Canadian aviation history. Always a great production on your channel.
Glad you like them!
How you can apologise for the quality and then produce something that is superior in quality to most 'professional' output is probably the reason I've subscribed :)
I found this channel last night and am enjoying every episode.
I worked on this two ton dog wistele form 1969 to 1977 when I went Flight Engineer, great little a/c to work on and fly.
Well done. They felt old when I flew them 30 years ago but were great trainers and fun to fly.
they are 1 year older than me ... and Im 59 ... funnier the Avro Arrow is 70 years old in 2023 ... and it still is a contender for the f22 and f35 using such old tech .... now we get overpriced american stuff that has problems with it's oxygen system flight handling low engine service time ... and excessive price tag ... and it doesnt even meet the AIR7.3 spec the Arrow was designed to ... (the arrow met that spec using the wrong engines too ... missing only the over mach 2 performance of the Iroquois PS-13 engine)
in 2017 i stepped outside my Pompano beach Fl office to see a snowbird performing slow tight turn right above us...he was fairly low and i was enthralled...thanks
i don’t understand how people dont seem to watch your videos, im literally enjoying all of them
it's a sad day (05/17/20) as we have lost a pilot Capt. Jennifer Casey and another one of these fantastic planes !
Just one correction note- the seats are not "zero-zero". I believe the current spec is 60kts and 90 ft altitude are minimum. It is an unfortunate factor in the recent fatal accident.
Well done sir.
Hitting like without watching. CT-114 is a no brainer! Now to watch and enjoy. Christmas cheers!!
We had Tutors in Montana al the time. It had some handy compartments for cigarette smuggling.
Ha, that's funny. I was shocked at the luggage space in one of these lil suckers the first time I saw it.
It was good for cheap American booze
The custom guys eventually tuned into it.
My brother did training in the Tudor in Moose Jaw. I still remember him flying one to Toronto on his first solo and all of us checking out the cockpit. It seemed ancient even then, still very impressive though.
Flying on instruments kept our eyes cross checking those 9 gauges continuously.
What a great way to excel in IMC.
I saw the Snowbirds back in the mid 90s. I've seen the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels, as well as many other displays by various pilots and teams. The Snowbirds flying the Tutor were the best demonstration team I ever saw. Kudos to the Snowbirds and the Tutor!
Fantastic work! Excellent!
Beautifully narrated and flawless all around.
Wow !
I subscribed to your channel after watching this video, without even having a look at your other videos. And BOY, was I right or what ?
Your video titles look so interesting, especially if they all made with the same attention to detail and extensive research as that one. I'm gonna have a ball watching them all. And imt hi na share several on several FB aviation groups I'm in. Expect more views and subscribers. I already shared this video on about half a dozen FB aviation groups.
Absolutely gorgeous little jet.
I was bused by CFB Mountain View everyday on my way to high school and strained to see the varied airframes that would take turns parked on the tarmac, tutors included! Also an Argus was marooned there for YEARS until it was finally moved down the road to the RCAF Museum attached to CFB Trenton, where I could finally get up close and walk around that giant. Can't wait to see your vid on that machine!
Finally someone has verified that I'm not having imaginive dreams. I have watched several videos about the Tudors without any mention of them being in Mountainview. While I was stationed at Trenton Ontario, a group of us were involved in preparing Tudors for storage at Mountainview. Fond memories of sitting in them while removing the electronic equipment.
I know others have complained about the music, but I quite enjoyed it. It was nice to have it intermittently join the narrative.
More importantly, what an informative documentary. Lovely work. Thanks so much.
I love the polyus studios music
I'v finally found a good channel on Canadian aviation !! Thanks a lot!. And R.I.P. Capt.Jenn Casey, an inspiration to so many.
Such a great video that it made me subscribe to your channel.
Me too. I want MORE !
you sooo need more subs
Moose Jaw 1971. I remember that spin recovery in the Tutor did not increase a students self confidence. The average student could recover within 2-4 rotations by applying the proper technique - 1-2 rotation by letting go the controls and have the aircraft recover by itself
I've flown the A-37 in South America, where they are still in service. I'd LOVE to try the CT-114.
I'm from the UK and I've always liked the the look of the tutor. A great looking aircraft.
bro, you should have more and more likes !
Thank You for this video on this iconic aircraft. Certainly for myself. I served as an IET 551 from 1979 to 99. Other than 3 years in Baden on fighters, I spent the rest of my career on Sea Kings, fairly evenly split timewise between Shearwater and Pat Bay. Nevertheless a number of our aircraft trades that went through school on TQ (Trade Qualification) 3 in Borden over these years, did a major portion of technical(fault finding, aka snags) training on the Tutor. It was the aircraft that ALL tech trades learned to Marshall, Refuel etc. No matter where we went from after graduation, all of us had come into contact with the Tutor. It was our touchstone of introduction to the aviation world. Of note. Upon TQ 3 graduation, I went to Shearwater and my 3 roommates from the barracks went to North Bay (Falcon's), Summerside (Argus) and Moosejaw (Tutors). My great friend that went to Moose Jaw ended up on the Snowbirds for 1983, 84. Additionally, a very young Fighter pilot newly arrived in Baden with 421 squadron, now reactivated with F-18's in the summer of 1986 would become my left winger on the Squadron hockey team. This most noble young pilot would in later years become the white gloved "lead" on Snowbirds amongst his other higher attainments. Meeting him at an airshow during the Portland Rose Festival in 1994 we caught up on news and passed around the congratulations. There was the usual "no way" "your kidding" "still playing hockey?" etc. But when I found out he'd married my old Shearwater roommate's ex-wife whom was at my wedding in 1983; it was like....."Oh"
There was no type course for the Tutor. When you got to Moose Jaw, you were considered to already have had training on the Tutor.
Great story. Good ol' memories.
Had the Snowbirds right over my building in Toronto on Labour Day, 2021 for two days a couple of weeks ago....6 or 7 make a thunderous roar despite their size & single sub-sonic engines; I kept hearing them but they were too quick to see them, until I saw the team do a perfect loop leaving a white smoke circle...still cool after 52 years!
I'd love to see an argus video
Meanwhile, the NFB did one on the Argus...... th-cam.com/video/424oXB6-44Y/w-d-xo.html
Polyus Studios well, I certainly look forward to it. My civilian flight instructor was an Argus commander...lots of memories of getting woke up with the whole house shaking and windows rattling as they left on patrol at oh-dark-hundred.......
Today Canadair is part of Bombardier Aerospace and its line of business jets - Challenger and Global - are among the tops in their field.
It was great fun watching this as the Snowbirds roared over the Toronto waterfront.
The snowbirds are fantastic, they were with the thunderbirds and blue angels on July 4 1976 at the now defunct WGNAS Horsham Pennsylvania. Best show I ever witnessed !
This brought a little tear to my eye. I saw the Snowbirds perform at the Peterborough air show 2 years ago before the crash in BC. I knew a Snowbird pilot who was a flight instructor out in Saudi Arabia for a while. "Chewie" we miss you and we love you - wish you had a better run on Amazing Race Canada. :)
Wow! Very well done documentary! This is the first one I watched, and I see there are many more!!!
Well done son, you're doing fine work here that compares quite favourably to what there is to be seen out of the official archives in Ottawa. From depth of research through to choice of music and eye for the cut, these pieces of yours stand quite taller than your view counts. Please continue.
I feel lucky to have the opportunity to sit inside of one at the Canadian warplane heritage museum in Hamilton
great video and history. well done.
Great video as always! I've learned plenty from your cold war era video. 2 Things I would be interested in seeing would be the argus (had a family member who flew on it), and the Canadian car and foundry FDB-1 biplane fighter aircraft (fairly obscure, would like to see what you could find on it). A third plane that might interest you is the lancaster mk.10 O, a canadian lancaster which mounted 2 orenda engines for testing purposes.
Have a great day!
I lived half my life near the Canadair plant , it was fun to watch all the planes being tried on their runway ,nearby other companies made bushplanes and motors
I went to the Aviation Museum in Edmonton last month.
I mentioned it would be cool if there was a Tutor on display in the Malaysian light attack configuration.
They had no clue what I was talking about.
I had to Google it to show them I wasn't crazy.
Great Videos. I hope you are planning one on the HCMS Bras d'Or.
@@polyus_studios Looking forward to that.
Tebuans served the RMAF well...👍
It was surreal to see the little CT-114 carrying such a menacing weapons load. I know a lot about our planes, but I sure didn't know about that.
Correction : this year, is the Snowbirds' 50th season. They've been flying the Tutor from day one.
The Tutor was used by their 1967 predecessors, the Golden Centenaires.
I still have a bunch of kodachromes of the Snowbirds from an airshow in the Seventies. They put on quite a show.
I love this plane!! A little marvel! Message from France 😊
Most excellent interview with a former Snowbirds pilot was done by Fighter Pilot Podcast. Learned much about flying the Tudor through a Snowbirds show.
i'm lived close to RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Forces) Kuantan base....everytimes i passed the base,i always see the CL-41G Tebuan static display on base entrance...
Man, this is my new favorite channel. I love aviation. My dream is too own my own plane one day. I’ve never flown but I will one day.
tebuan Wasp .... Interesting .
Wasps do like to attack in numbers.
In the 1970s, I flew in the right seat of Tutor 114002 for a few hours daily; while at Canadair in Montreal with rhe RCAF, chasing the CX-84 (CL-84) then undergoing test flights. The control stick was taken out; that I could move around a bit and not impede flight controls, while holding an Arriflex cine camera.
Basically a flying museum piece
Your channel and your videos are absolutely spectacular! Thank you So SO much for publishing such great content!!
Wow.
Keep these coming please.
I really enjoy these videos! Thanks for this
Excellent video on the icon Canadair Tudor. Thanks.
A very good video. Thanks for making it.
Super cool to see more content like this from you Polyus, sucks this didn't gain more traction. Good luck though!
Great info. Never knew about the ground attack version.
FYI there is a Tutor in Centennairs livery indoors at the museum at Base Bordon, Ont
There was one at Portage la Prairie, I don’t know if it’s still there. I heard it had been moved, but never got there to check it out.
Recognizing the Alberta Aviation Museum, Nanton Bomber Command Museum, and Reynold Museum in you footage! Greetings from a fellow Albertan :D
Just went back and re-watched this. Did you notice what they were loading onto the 104s at the 8:50ish mark? First footage I've seen of special munitions getting loaded and set up on an RCAF 104. And that on top of an already great video! All the more reason to go back and re-watch all your videos to look for these gems.
Another great video!
Fantastic video
Your features on Canadian aviation are just phenomenal. Great justice is being served with the level of detail and enjoyable narration.
I like your work.
Remember seeing the snowbirds here in Anchorage at Elmendrotf AFB in the early 90s along with a CL-30(T-33) and i belive i was really young a CF-18A or B
What a great aircraft its too bad Ottawa has little respect for our military. I hope something changes for the better soon. If you have time and because you've done such great work on these videos maybe do a video about another great Canadian invention the water bomber. The CL-215 and the CL-415 have saved my home town twice from out of control forest fires over the years.
the four most iconic Canadian aircraft... the Arrow, the Beaver, the Otter and the CL-215/415
Re - badge it as a personal jet , that side by side seating would excellent as a private jet , hell , it would be good for another 50 years
These vids are so well made damn
Awesome video ...
10 minutes, 40 seconds in, #4 on the tail, s/n 114003 is now on display at the Canadian Museum of Flight, in Langley, B.C.
Excellent
Nice to see the Nanton display here. Cheers
@@polyus_studios yep, it had some great displays. I need to drive out there again
I don't think the CT-114 was ever fitted with a zero:zero ejection seat
When first selected for installation, the ROCAT seat was believed to be Zero-Zero. Later on, accident investigations and further testing led to a published Zero-60 rating.
@@teegee7484 have you seen last crash of Snowbird tutor? ejection seat was out of ejection domain?
I don't think the Tut ever had a 0/0 ejection seat.
Actually, it does, according to Canadianflight.org. But I've also seen an article on the Vancouver Star's website, which says they were using the old Weber ACES system, and DND won't confirm either way.
I would love to see the SAAB Gripen take on the roll of the snowbirds 💎
I love how all of the small jet trainers -- T-2, T-37, T-38, Saab 105, the Toot -- all used versions of the J85. Want a slow trainer? Stick with one engine. Wanna train astronauts and chase experimental planes -- or have a cute little day fighter in the CF-5 -- stuff in two and give them afterburners.
However, when they switch to the CF-18 they can finally get some "street cred" from the pointy-nose Mach snots south of the border...
LOL at 19:13 they taxi off but the start cart door is still open.
That is a nice airplane.
ya know single engine and stright wing means that this qualifies for the jet class of the reno air races. how does this compare to the l39?
It would make a lot more sense using the ct155 as snowbird aircraft, they are the training aircraft that potential pilots will be using and if cost is the issue then maybe the Harvard 2 at least these aircraft are in the inventory nonetheless love the tutor such a great Canadian aircraft
Wow The CL41G was tested in NB that’s where I live
Everything I ever wanted to know about a Tutor except, where do I get one to play with.
Buddy of mine liked to tell curious foreigners that the air data probe was for shooing moose off the runway.
The bit about the ejection seats is inaccurate. The Tutor, to this day, does not have zero-zero seats.
Nice work! FYI, the quoted thrust of 11.8 kN is not 1180kg of thrust. It's Kilo-Newtons. Easy mistake to make since so many imperial specifications quote lbs thrust but the SI system uses a more accurate force unit of Newtons. 11,800N is equal to 1,510kg
Isn't it more lik 1200kgf ibstead of 1500? Btw for correct notation we need to use kilograms force (kgf) and not kg since N is a force ;)
what is the music used in your channel?
It is a tiny thing n an otherwise wonderful video, but the Bras D'ore was HMCS, not HCMS. Other than that, just drop the metric measurement units and accept my congratulations on a great job bringing our aerial history to life.
Awesome job. But are you sure the current Tutors have 0/0 ejection seats? I’m relatively certain they don’t which is one of the reasons for the most recent Snowbird fatality.