Richard Browning Interview (flying suit inventor) on Invention Stories on YouTube Part 1. This episode is the first in a 2-part series.
Richard Browning is the creator of the “jet suit.” His company, Gravity Industries, is the creator and builder of his innovation, and he is the founder and primary test pilot. In this Richard Browning Interview, we cover the following:
Attending Boarding School
Browning went to Queen’s College, a boarding and day independent school for boys (now co-educational) in Taunton, Somerset, and then Cardiff University, where he studied Engineering for a month before switching to Exploration Geology.
Browning spent 6 years as a Royal Marines reservist and 16 years as an oil dealer with British Petroleum before creating Gravity.
Testing Engines
In 2016, Browning began testing the concept of “using the human mind to balance and regulate the body in flight construction,” which included the use of small gas turbines for power (jet engines).
TED Talk
His development process was chronicled in a 2017 TED talk and the book “Taking on Gravity,” which resulted with the first flight in November 2016.
Dare to defy gravity | Richard Browning | TEDxGlasgow
Gravity.co
In April 2017, Browning received an early investment and co-founded Gravity Industries alongside WIRED magazine and Red Bull. In 33 countries, over 100 public demonstrations of the breakthrough took place. He was dubbed a “real-life Iron Man” by several news outlets.
Learn more at www.Gravity.co
Best Invention of 2018
TIME magazine called the jet suit one of the best inventions of 2018.
If birds could gloat, they would—what with the flying and all. But we may catch up soon, thanks to Gravity Industries, a startup based in Salisbury, England that has developed the coolest flying suit this side of Iron Man. Read more at:
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2018/5454241/gravity-jet-suit/
Guinness World Record
Gravity Industries received a Guinness World Record in November 2019 for the fastest flight in a body-controlled jet suit, clocking in at 85 mph (135kmph).
Amazing Jet Suit Sports Records – Guinness World Records
Boost VC
Gravity Industries received a $640,000 investment from Tim and Adam Draper in San Francisco after the first public demonstration outside Adam’s ‘Boost VC’ firm.
Gravity Industries now has a seven-person permanent team in Salisbury, UK, as well as a global support network. The company’s business plan includes TV and media work, commercial events and displays, brand collaborations, STEM initiatives, and public flying training and flight experiences in the UK and US. Gravity has worked with the British, American, and European forces, as well as a variety of search and rescue organizations.
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