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Delivering a letter in a jet suit

British inventor Richard Browning has taken up the challenge of delivering a letter across open water, 85 years after rocket post failed, wearing a jet engine powered suit.
He's following in the footsteps of German entrepreneur, Gerhard Zucker, who in 1934 tried to send mail by rocket from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight, .
The distance from Hurst Castle in Lymington to Fort Albert in Freshwater is 1.3 km, and is the furthest Richard has ever flown.
See more on Inside Out South on 91热爆 One in the south of England on Monday September 2 at 19:30 GMT and on the 91热爆 iPlayer here.
Video journalists: Jon Cuthill & Abby Newbery

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