Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford

R.S.3 Desford/R.S.4 Bobsleigh
Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 c. 1945
General information
Type	Trainer
Manufacturer	Reid and Sigrist
Designer	Charles Bower[1]
Status	Cancelled
Primary user	Royal Air Force (intended)
Number built	1
History
Introduction date	1945
First flight	9 July 1945
Developed from	Reid and Sigrist R.S.1

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.