TWO very different daredevils are hoping to smash world records tomorrow – one in a futuristic jet-propelled suit, the other on a penny farthing.

Both are taking part in Guinness World Records Day in Brighton.

Test pilot Richard Browning will attempt to soar into the record books by beating his own top speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit.

When he hovers alongside Brighton Palace Pier tomorrow he will be battling the toughest conditions he has ever faced.

Richard was the world’s first person to patent a jet suit and initially set the top speed record in 2017, when he reached 32.02mph.

He hopes to fly past this milestone tomorrow and show off how the suit’s technology has evolved.

Guinness World Records editor Craig Glenday will be on hand to verify the attempt.

Meanwhile, Neil Laughton is aiming to break three hands-free penny farthing world records at Preston Park velodrome.

He is one half of the Penny Farthing Club, which now hires out the old-fashioned bikes in Brighton.

His colleague Mark Newman said: “We do silly things on them. We also play penny-farthing polo and we’ve got a national team. We play fixtures against Scotland.

“Neil helped top-level athletes beat the penny farthing speed record a few weeks ago. So to get a record now, Neil will have to do it no-handed.

“He’ll also be attempting two other penny farthing records: the fastest no-handed 10km, and the fastest no-handed 100 metres.”

Mark said: “Records on penny farthings go back years. The one for pedalling from Land’s End to John O’Groats was 130 years old. Someone finally broke it this summer. We use more or less exact replicas. Very early on, penny farthings had wooden rather than rubber tyres. We don’t use those, records weren’t really set on the wooden ones.

“You’ve got to be careful on them though. There are no brakes, you slow down by putting pressure on the back wheel. If you had a break on the front wheel, you’d go straight over the top.

“Neil’s managed to beat the record several times on his own – it’s just a case of whether he’ll be able to do it on the day.

“In a velodrome, you can get up to about 15mph. But when you’re pootling along the seafront, you’re usually only travelling about 5mph. We don’t fly along.”