UK: Jet engine suit propels ex-Marine to world record

Browning is the founder and chief test pilot of Gravity Industries which designs, builds and flies jet suits. He broke his previous record of 32.02 mph.

Brighton: A real life iron man wearing a jet engine-powered suit has set a new world speed record of 85.06 miles per hour.

British inventor Richard Browning more than doubled his previous record of 32.02 mph for the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine-powered suit.

Richard Browning prepares for an attempt to break his own World Record for the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit, backdropped by Brighton Pier in Brighton, England, on Thursday.

Browning achieved his latest record on Thursday in Brighton, UK.

Richard Browning prepares for an attempt to break his own World Record for the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit, backdropped by Brighton Pier in Brighton, England, on Thursday.

Browning is the founder and chief test pilot of Gravity Industries which designs, builds and flies jet suits.