Larger than a Herc and a true forunner the the A400 C17 design, but on one version it had 4 pegasus engines for VTOL / STOL, have been reading about it this week.
Fascinating and would probably have been a good selller..
https://apostlesofmercy.tumblr.com/p...lso-designated
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr...81-hs-681.306/