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The book, The Wrong Stuff? - Attempts At Flight Before & After The Wright Brothers represents a comprehensive review through photographs and stories of 73 of the most unusual aircraft designs whose time had not yet come or would never arrive. "The Wrong Stuff? - Attempts At Flight Before & After The Wright Brothers" is the first book-length pictorial review of aviation history as told through it's most creative disasters and as such represents a fascinating chronicle of the hopes, dreams and failures of the would-be inventors that came before the Wright Brothers famous flight in 1903, as well as, the many who came after. In addition to an introduction, glossary and index, " The Wrong Stuff? - Attempts At Flight Before & After The Wright Brothers" reviews approximately 73 different aircraft designs including many that never were built, some that were but never successfully flown and many others where prototypes were manufactured but the type was never put into series production. Each of the reviewed aircraft designs includes a short summary narrative and at least one illustration or photograph. About 59 of the covered aircraft also includes the following technical specifications: 1) Wingspan; 2) Length; 3) Gross Weight; 4) Engine and 5) Speed. "The Wrong Stuff? - Attempts At Flight Before & After The Wright Brothers" also includes the following features: 1) Approximately 138 black and white photographs; 2) 3 color photographs; 3) 1 color illustration and 4) 1 three-view Blohm Und Voss Bv 141 color illustration complete with specifications. This book is 220 pages and is in excellent condition. The author is Phil Scott. Edition published in 2003.