Gravity Industries
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Gravity Industries designs, builds and flies Jet Suits. The company was founded in April 2017 by Richard Browning.
Development
Browning set out in 2016 to experiment with the novel and minimalist concept of “using the human mind for balance & control and the body as the flight structure”, he just needed to add some horse power in the form of micro gas turbine (jet engines). His development journey, in free time alongside his oil career, was the subject of a 2017 TED Talk and culminated in the first flight in November 2016.
From there, Browning received initial investment and launched the company Gravity Industries Ltd in April 2017 together with WIRED Magazine and Red Bull. The resulting media and public excitement led to the start of a world tour that saw the Gravity Team perform over 100 flight events across 33 countries before COVID shut down travel in March 2020. Time Magazine featured the Jet Suit as amongst the Best Inventions in 2018.
Gravity received a $640,000 investment from Tim & Adam Draper in San Francisco immediately after the first public demonstration outside Adam’s ‘Boost VC’ firm, on the way to the TED talk & flight in Vancouver. Gravity Industries is now a permanent team of 7 based in Salisbury, UK, and has a support network of many more around the world. The company has built a diverse business model that includes; tv & media work, commercial events & displays, brand collaborations, STEM initiatives, and public flight training & flight experiences in the UK and US. Gravity also has a wide range of collaborations with UK, US and European Militaries, and a range of Search & Rescue organizations. The company was also due to launch the Gravity Race Series in March 2020 in Bermuda, but the Races were postponed due to COVID.
Gravity Industries in the press
- Time Magazine “The Real-Life Iron Man Suit”[1]
- RobbReport “This New Space-Age Jet Suit Is Like Having a VTOL Strapped to Your Arms”[2]
- The Guardian “Jet suit paramedic takes Lake District test flight”[3]
- WIRED “Inside Gravity’s daring mission to make jetpacks a reality”[4]
- Business Insider[5]
Achievments, awards and recognitions
Gravity set the world record for the fastest speed in a body controlled jet suit in November 2019 at 85mph, 135kmph piloted by Richard Browning (UK) at Brighton Beach in East Sussex, UK, on 14 November 2019.[6]
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References
- ↑ Time Magazine. "The Real-Life Iron Man Suit". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ RobbReport (2020). "This New Space-Age Jet Suit Is Like Having a VTOL Strapped to Your Arms". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The Guardian. "Jet suit paramedic takes Lake District test flight". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wired. "Inside Gravity's daring mission to make jetpacks a reality". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Business Insider. "An air ambulance service tested the use of a paramedic using a jet suit to reach injured hikers". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Richard, Browning. "Fastest speed in a body controlled jet engine powered suit - Guinness World Records". Unknown parameter
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