Talk about putting the pedal to the metal: A real-life Iron Man has just set a world record for fastest speed in a jet suit.

Richard Browning managed to whiz around a park in the English city of Reading in a jet suit he built himself. His maximum speed during the record-setting flight was 32 mph.

It was the culmination of a project three years in the making. It started when Browning decided he wanted to build his own flying suit.

At first, he tried gliding with wings and electric fans, before deciding it would be easier to just strap a jet engine to his body, according to Wired.com.

The current suit, called Daedalus, is a light exoskeleton attached to six gas turbines four mounted on the arms and two on the hips that have a combined thrust of 286 pounds.