In the early 1960s the Royal Canadian Air Force’s standard elementary training aircraft was the de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk. Flight instruction was then completed by student pilots on the DHC-1 before they progressed to the then-brand-new Canadair CT-114 Tutor jet trainer. It was considered easy enough to fly with out a earlier initial trainer, but student airmen disagreed, so the Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer was built.