The Real Iron Man? The Insane story of Richard Browning and Gravity Industries - AJ Buckley Show

Richard Browning on Building a Real-Life Jet Suit | AJ Buckley Show Podcast In this episode of the AJ Buckley Show, AJ sits down with Richard Browning, founder and CEO of Gravity Industries, the company behind the world’s first real-life jet suit. Richard shares his incredible journey as an entrepreneur—from losing his father at just 15 years old to turning adversity into purpose. He opens up about the relentless trial-and-error process behind creating and perfecting his revolutionary jet pack suit, pushing the limits of human flight and engineering innovation. This episode dives deep into resilience, risk-taking, and what it truly takes to build something the world has never seen before. If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, innovation, engineering, or inspiring comeback stories—this conversation is for you. In this episode, we explore: • The origin story of Gravity Industries • Losing a parent young and finding purpose • The reality of building a jet suit from scratch • Failures, risks, and breakthroughs • What it takes to think differently as an entrepreneur Subscribe for more powerful conversations with high-level guests on the AJ Buckley Show. 0:00 Introduction 2:25 The closest I will get to chatting with Tony Stark (Iron Man) 3:55 The move to the farm 4:55 Richard Browning gives a brief background from oil to ultra marathons and The Royal Marines 10:00 reading about yourself in the media  11:13 Were you looking for a gap in the marketplace? An entrepreneurs journey. 18:00 Was there an RC model or were you the guinea pig? 20:10 Did you have a Christopher Lloyd back to the future moment? 24:00 Richard is driven in life from his childhood and looking into the abyss 28:00 You can make all the difference in the world but if you make a difference in a child's life... 28:30 A lovely email from a young girl from MIT - Inspiration from a documentary 30:00 Two miserable words that are a silver bullet to fixing the western world are "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" 33:25 AJ's first patent and his diaper bag company Paperclip 36:45 You win, or you learn 39:01 The first time AJ saw a Gravity Co jetpack was season 1 of Seal Team 44:00 Are we watching history?  48:50 Was there a butt puckering almost crash moment? 49:30 Racing Bear Grylls at his private island as I smacked into a cliff 55:45 Father of the year. How did your kids react? 1:04:00 AJ's Dad's Hammer, AJ explains how his dad was a hardworking man Follow Richard Browning IG: takeongravity , richardmbrowning Tiktok: richardmbrowning https://www.gravity.co Follow AJ Buckley IG/FB: ajbuckley Tiktok: ajbuckleyofficial Follow AJ Buckley Show IG/FB: ajbuckleyshow Tiktok: Ajbuckleyshow https://www.ajbuckley.com Sponsors: http://www.ghostbed.com/buckley  Code word Buckley for 10% off http://aj.purerx.co write "Time to shine" In notes http://www.bornofdiscipline.com http://www.totaloffroad.com Follow AJ IG/FB: ajbuckley Tiktok:ajbuckleyofficial AJ Buckley Show IG/Fb: ajbuckleyshow Tiktok: ajbuckleyshow http://www.ajbuckley.com Sponsors: http://www.ghostbed.com/buckley  Code word Buckley for 10% off http://aj.purerx.co write "Time to shine" In notes http://www.bornofdiscipline.com http://www.totaloffroad.com