Funny thing is I own two books with the same title, "The World's Worst Aircraft." I honestly cannot say which of the two, this one by Jim Winchester and the other, by Bill Yenne, is the better. Both are written by authors I respect; I own other volumes by both gentlemen. Both books are good reads, injecting a bit of humor into the subject matter, as with some of these aerial oddballs one can only laugh. Winchester's book covers a greater number of aircraft from a greater number of countries; Yenne's book, on the other hand, covers his Hall of Shame aviation duds with greater depth. If you really like airplanes and have an interest in aviation history, do what I did - purchase both books.In this volume, Winchester divides his aeronautical oddities into the following categories: Behind the Times, designs that were worthwhile but came too early or too late to enjoy commercial success; Bogus Concepts, designs that belie the question "What were they thinking?"; Power Problems, aircraft that may have had a chance were it not for their problematic powerplants; Construction Disasters, concepts whose problems lay in the material or manner of construction; and Unintentionally Unstable, aircraft that had the handling of a sport utility vehicle with a flat tire. Here you will encounter flying tanks, bedsteads, and jeeps; planes with barely enough room for the pilot and craft with wingspans larger than that of a Boeing 747; planes with one engine, ten engines, and more; planes with two wings and no fuselage, four wings, flapping wings (not one but two!), and 20 wings; one design that would have been cheaper to build using solid gold and one made of inflatable rubber.Many readers with knowledge of aircraft are sure to have their ideas as to other aircraft that should have been included in this book. My nominations are these: the various US designs for roadable aircraft, including one that featured the worst of both words, that is, a Ford Pinto mated to the aft fuselage of a Cessna Skymaster; the Shanghai Y-10, a Chinese version of the Boeing 707 or 720 that first flew more than a quarter century after Dash 80 first took to the air; and the Antonov An-10 Ukraine (not to be confused with the Antonov An-8 and An-12, both of which were very fine aircraft), which has the dishonorable distinction of having lost about half the total production run to its poor handling, often with lethal consequences.For the price, this is a fun and enjoyable book.
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