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Reid and Sigrist in Desford,
Leicestershire, England, were an important instrument manufacturer
in the interwar era, specialising in aircraft applications leading
to the forming of an aviation division in 1937 at the New Malden,
Surrey factory site. The first product was a twin-engined advanced
trainer, the R.S.1 Snargasher (1939) which was eventually relegated
to company hack used primarily at the factory and Desford aerodrome.
The Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford
is a British twin-engined, three-seat advanced trainer developed
in the Second World War for postwar use. Although the R.S.3 was
evaluated as a trainer, the type never entered production and
was eventually rebuilt as the R.S.4 Bobsleigh as an experimental
aircraft with the pilot in a prone position, seen as advantageous
in minimising g-force effects in fighters. |
