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'We finished the rocketbelt, and from then on there was murder, kidnapping, and all kinds of other stuff'. When three friends set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000 shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. From sci-fi to reality, this is the incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. It includes sixteen pages of colour photographs, plus Building a Rocketbelt: A Cautionary Essay by Frank Dickman.

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'In this book, Paul Brown brings the topic alive. It has to be one of the most readable science/technology focussed books of the year. Brown has an excellent journalistic style, and pulls the reader on relentlessly through the tales of technical inspiration and human weakness that litter the history of the rocketbelt. The book overall is a delight to read, and the story is genuinely one where reality is stranger than fiction. Recommended.' - Brian Clegg, Popular Science .co.uk'Reads like good movie material' - BBC Focus'This book is a must-have' - Airwalker Society of Rocketbelt Enthusiasts

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