Effectively Beechcraft's equivalent of the Piper Cherokee, the Musketeer was hastily adopted by the CAF in 1971 as an elementary training aircraft to replace the Chipmunk, with 48 being acquired. During its first year of service in 1971, 134201 was the lead aircraft in the "Musket Gold" display team, following which it was used as a trainer at 3 FTS, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba until its retirement in 1987. The CT-134s were mildly aerobatic and had cowling and horizontal stabiliser strakes and a ventral fin added to improve spin recovery performance.

The first Beech Musketeer for the Canadian Forces as 13401 when delivered in 1971. It was lead aircraft for the 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School's Musket Gold display team. Re-numbered 134201 in 1973, the trainer was retired in 1987 and stored. Later displayed at CFB Portage, MB, the aircraft made it's way to the National Air Force Museum of Canada at Trenton, ON in 2014.