Danny42C wrote:
Many moons ago I floated the idea that there had been a a WWII experiment to have a 4-motor elementary trainer, on the logical grounds that the lad would end up on fours anyway, so he might as well start on one (it was rubbish!)
Actually there
was a half-size 4-engined aircraft; it was fitted with 4 x 90 hp Pobjoy Niagara engines. This was the Short S.31, but it was built as a proof of concept for the Short Stirling rather than as a trainer.