Except for the sooner those three engined beasts are confined to Duxford and the like, the better
Well, you said it! The Trislander ranks as the worst thing with wings on that I have flown in the last 40 years. I was a TRE on them in the seventies when they were new and they were totally unsuited to UK IFR operations then. In fact the factory demonstration pilot who trained me stated that they were designed for hot VFR environments and not the North Sea in winter.
My abiding memory was to lose an engine on the way to Sumburgh at max weight and having turned back to Aberdeen loaded up with ice on the two remaining engines it was evident that we were merely sinking into an eventual meeting with the waves beneath. I had to re start the failed engine to make the ILS glideslope.
I will look forward to seeing one in a museum as soon as possible.
Now the 'Twotter' was a whole different machine....Tell the boss not to be so mean and buy one.