Inventor in “Iron Man” suit

BRITISH inventor Richard Browning lifted off from the shore of Vancouver Harbour last Thursday in a personal flight suit that inspired references to comic superhero “Iron Man”.

Using thrusters attached to his arms and back, Browning flew in a circle and hovered a short distance from the ground, captivating attendees at a prestigious TED Conference.The personal flight suit is capable of propeling wearers much higher and faster, according to its creators.“The hypothesis was that the human mind and body, if properly augmented, could achieve some pretty cool stuff,” the extreme athlete and engineer said at the gathering a short time earlier.Browning told of experimenting with various numbers and arrays of essentially miniature jet engines on his limbs.