--- title: "Watch Daredevil Set a New Speed Record In “Iron Man” Jet Suit" description: "Richard Browning, British inventor and daredevil, has broken his own speed record flying in his \"Iron Man\" style jet suit." date: "2019-11-16" modified: "2019-11-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/daredevil-speed-record-iron-man-jet-suit" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "Iron Man" - "jet suit" - "richard browning" - "the digest" --- # Watch Daredevil Set a New Speed Record In “Iron Man” Jet Suit ![Richard Browning, British inventor and daredevil, has broken his own speed record flying in his "Iron Man" style jet suit.]() *\Image: Guinness World Records\* ## Speed Record Richard Browning, British inventor and daredevil often [described]() as "real-life Iron Man" by the media, has broken his own speed record while flying in his jet engine-equipped suit. He flew his jet suit — guided by a wing — to a blistering 136.891 kilometers per hour (85.06 miles per hour), [according to *Guinness World Records*](), more than doubling the record he set two years ago of 51.53 kilometers per hour (32.02 miles per hour). The feat, completed at the Brighton Pier in England on Thursday, earned Browning an entry in the *Guinness Book of World Records* as "the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit (wind-guided)." https://youtu.be/yDafLzlSsO4 ## Lighter, Stronger, Faster Browning has been flying the jet suit for [over two years](), and he told *Guinness World Records* that it's now "entirely 3D printed, lighter, stronger, and much smarter." It's also just as fun as it looks. "It truly feels like that dream of flying you have sometimes in your sleep," Browning said. "You are entirely and completely free to move effortlessly in three dimensional space and you shed the ties of gravity." ## Pushing Limits Earlier this year, Browning flew a [record distance]() of 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) in his suit, from the south coast of England to the Isle of Wright. And as for the suit's speed, he claimed at a 2017 event that it can fly [as fast as 321 kilometers per hour (200 miles per hour).]() But considering the safety implications, reaching those speeds might still be a couple of years out. **READ MORE:** [Watch real-life Iron Man smash his jet-powered suit record by flying at 85 mph along Brighton Pier]() \[*Guinness World Records*\] **More on the suit:** *[Watch the Iron Man-Style Jet Suit Inventor Fly to an Island]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()