'Real-life Iron Man,' Harlem Globetrotter set Guinness marks | Inquirer Technology

‘Real-life Iron Man,’ Harlem Globetrotter set Guinness marks

/ 03:47 PM November 13, 2017

Richard Browning poses for the media after setting the Guinness World Record for ‘the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit’, at Lagoona Park in Reading, England, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. A British inventor billed as a real-life version of the superhero Iron Man has hit the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit at 32 mph (51 kph) to set a new Guinness world record. The record keeper announced Tuesday’s feat on Thursday as part of its annual Guinness World Records day. (Matt Alexander/PA via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — A British inventor billed as a real-life version of the superhero Iron Man has hit the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit at 32 mph (51 kph), a Guinness world record.

The record keeper announced Tuesday’s feat on Thursday as part of its annual Guinness World Records day.

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Richard Browning sets the Guinness World Record for ‘the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit’, at Lagoona Park in Reading, England, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. A British inventor billed as a real-life version of the superhero Iron Man has hit the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit at 32 mph (51 kph) to set a new Guinness world record. The record keeper announced Tuesday’s feat on Thursday as part of its annual Guinness World Records day. (Tim Ireland/PA via AP)

Other marks announced included a Swedish baker’s record for the world’s largest vegan cake, which weighs in at more than 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms). Harlem Globetrotter Thunder Law successfully made a basket Sunday on a 50-foot high hoop for a new mark. It’s the 17th mark accomplished by the Globetrotters, and Law’s fourth individual record.

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