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The Rocketbelt Caper - A True Tale of Invention, Obsession, and Murder
The Rocketbelt Caper A True Tale of Invention Obsession and Murder Author:Paul Brown "We finished the rocketbelt, and from then on there was murder, kidnapping, and all kinds of other stuff." James Bond meets the Coen Brothers in this riveting true story of three friends and their quest to build a Buck Rogers-style flying machine - the amazing Rocketbelt 2000. Perhaps the least incredible thing about their tale is that they s... more »ucceeded in building and flying their futuristic device. But their obsession with the rocketbelt shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, violent assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit, and a horrifically brutal murder. The Rocketbelt Caper also reveals the secret history of the rocketbelt, and the pioneering men who built and piloted it. The iconic device - a rocket-powered backpack that allows the wearer to fly - was developed for real by the US Army in the 1960s, and famously appeared in the opening sequence of the James Bond movie Thunderball, and at the 1984 Olympics in LA. Drawn from exclusive interviews with those most closely involved, this is the full incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. Includes twelve pages of photographs, plus "Building a Rocketbelt: A Cautionary Essay" by Frank Dickman.« less