{"id":12462491,"date":"2026-08-15T08:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/snowbirds-ct-114-tutor-final-season-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:29:33","slug":"snowbirds-ct-114-tutor-final-season-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/snowbirds-ct-114-tutor-final-season-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snowbirds Retire Their Jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Nine little red jets, wingtips almost touching, trailing white smoke across a summer sky. For generations of Canadians that image <em>is<\/em> the air show. After the 2026 season, it changes forever: the Snowbirds are retiring the CT-114 Tutor, the tiny jet they have flown since 1971 \u2014 and with it, the team is giving up the jet engine altogether.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Tutor has been the sound of a Canadian summer for more than half a century. Its replacement will be a turboprop, and it will not arrive for years. So the 2026 display season is not just another tour. It is a long goodbye.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;margin:22px 0;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><strong>Informations cl\u00e9s<\/strong><br>\u2022 <strong>A\u00e9ronef:<\/strong> Canadair CT-114 Tutor, in RCAF service since 1963<br>\u2022 <strong>With the Snowbirds:<\/strong> since 1971 (431 Air Demonstration Squadron)<br>\u2022 <strong>Retirement:<\/strong> after the 2026 display season<br>\u2022 <strong>Annonc\u00e9 :<\/strong> May 2026 at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan<br>\u2022 <strong>Replacement:<\/strong> CT-157 Siskin II, based on the Pilatus PC-21 turboprop<br>\u2022 <strong>Gap:<\/strong> new aircraft not operational until the early 2030s &mdash; a multi-year hiatus<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The end of an era, made official<\/h2>\r\n<p>Canada&rsquo;s Defence Minister confirmed the decision in May 2026 at the team&rsquo;s Moose Jaw home. The government will buy new CT-157 Siskin II aircraft, and 2026 will be the Tutor&rsquo;s final season in the demonstration role.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;For 55 years, the Snowbirds have represented Canada and the Royal Canadian Air Force with dignity and with pride. The sound of their engines and the trails of white smoke behind them have become part of our national story. They are Canadian icons.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>David McGuinty<\/strong> &mdash; Canadian Minister of National Defence<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>It is a genuinely emotional retirement. The Tutor first entered RCAF service in 1963 as a basic jet trainer, and it has been the Snowbirds&rsquo; mount since the team formed in 1971. Very few display aircraft anywhere have flown that long in front of the public.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why the jet has to go<\/h2>\r\n<p>Canada actually tried to keep it flying. Engineers studied extending the Tutor&rsquo;s life to 2030, but the feasibility work turned up problems with the engine and, critically, the ejection and escape system \u2014 the parts of an old jet you cannot compromise on. Once those issues surfaced, stretching the airframe further stopped making sense.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=525589489  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:5f_G.ccad\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/pilatus-pc-21-ct-157-siskin-ii-basis.jpg\" alt=\"Pilatus PC-21 turboprop trainer\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Pilatus PC-21, the aircraft the Snowbirds&rsquo; future CT-157 Siskin II is based on. The team&rsquo;s next mount trades the jet engine for a turboprop. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A turboprop future \u2014 after a long wait<\/h2>\r\n<p>The replacement, the CT-157 Siskin II, is derived from the Pilatus PC-21, a modern turboprop already used for advanced pilot training around the world. It is powerful, agile and far cheaper to run than a fleet of sixty-year-old jets \u2014 but it is not a jet, and for a team defined by the whistle of the Tutor, that is a real cultural shift.<\/p>\r\n<p>The bigger catch is timing. The new aircraft will not be operational until the early 2030s, which leaves the Snowbirds facing a multi-year pause between the Tutor&rsquo;s last show and the Siskin&rsquo;s first. The name will survive. The famous nine-ship will, for a while, fall silent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QghNRfXbef4\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Catch them while you can<\/h2>\r\n<p>For anyone within reach of a Canadian air show this summer, the message is simple: this is the last chance to see the Tutor do what it has done since 1971. When the smoke clears at the end of the 2026 season, an aviation institution folds its wings \u2014 and it will be years before it flies again.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\"><em>Sources: Royal Canadian Air Force \/ Department of National Defence; Skies Magazine; AVweb; SaskToday.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/uk-mod-rfi-hawk-replacement-red-arrows-new-jet-trainer-2026\/\">\u00c0 la recherche du prochain avion des Red Arrows<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine little red jets, wingtips almost touching, trailing white smoke across a summer sky. For generations of Canadians that image is the air show. 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