For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The origins of the collection lay in the possessions of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, and Duchess of Aubigny in France, to whom some of the paintings originally belonged.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Estate milk was once transformed into ice-creams, bombes, and syllabubs, and the Georgian ice house still stands in the grounds in front of Goodwood House.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Charlotte Dadswell, our Chief Flying Instructor and Head of Training, shares her passion for aviation and gives insight into her role here at Goodwood Flying School.
Tell us a bit about you?
I am the Head of Training and Chief Flying Instructor at Goodwood Flying School. This means I am responsible for overseeing all of the training we do and am also accountable to the CAA for the safety, regulatory compliance, and standard of our activity as an Approved Training Organisation. In other words, I get to do lots of exciting paperwork in addition to what I enjoy most, flying with our students!
Outside of work I am also a Director of the Light Aircraft Association, which oversees the construction and maintenance of homebuilt aircraft as well as many vintage types operating on a Permit to Fly. It’s great to be involved in giving back to an organisation which enables the operation of these aircraft in an economical manner, while providing a supportive community for General Aviation.
Have you always been interested in Aviation?
My father did his PPL here at Goodwood and flew regularly when I was a child, so I grew up wanting to fly. I learned to fly in 2005, also here at GFS, with the aim of flying for fun! I really enjoyed my training, so when my Instructor suggested I consider going further with my flying, I set out to obtain my CPL, purely with the aim of Instructing. I bought a share in a Permit aircraft based at Goodwood and started hour-building, alongside studying for my ATPL exams and working full-time. A busy time, but worth all the effort! I completed my CPL in 2010 and returned to Goodwood to train as an Instructor the same year. I have been teaching ever since, working at 3 other Flying Schools and coming ‘home’ to GFS in 2015.
Any favourite moments of flying?
Flying vintage tailwheel aircraft is what I enjoy most. Outside of work I share a vintage aircraft with my fiancé Andrew, so Oscar the Aeronca is a regular visitor to Goodwood on my days off! I enjoyed tremendously my time with the Real Flying Company at Shoreham, flying the delightful Chipmunk, probably the nicest type I have flown (don’t tell Oscar!). I wanted to fly a Chipmunk from before I could fly anything and it didn’t disappoint.
Other highlights include checking out on the Harvard and my first single seater, the prototype Andreasson BA4B. After much briefing and planning, with a single seater you eventually just have to get in and go…I probably never landed it better!
In term of going places, I flew to the Isle of Man for TT week in 2014 with a couple of friends, which was a fun adventure. I would love to go back. Last year Andrew and I visited New Zealand and had an amazing time flying around the south island in a 172, flying amongst the mountains and landing on a beach as well as the iconic Milford Sound, real bucket list stuff and highly recommended!
Some of my favourite trips are to fly-ins and other events, meeting up with old friends and making new ones while admiring aircraft and talking aviation!
What do you love most about your role at Goodwood?
We really have a great team here who enable our students to achieve great things and hopefully have fun in the process! Both within the Flying School and the wider Goodwood Aviation team, we have a lot of great people working together to make it all happen. My favourite part of the job is sending students on their first solo, an occasion no pilot ever forgets, then watching their confidence continue to build throughout the course. Instructing is a very rewarding career.
Who is your aviation hero?
Graham Turner, who runs our Flight Instructor (FI) course at Goodwood has been, and remains, a real inspiration and support to me and my career. He has some great stories from his military and airline career and is an inspirational instructor. He taught me on my own FI course and helped me gain my first teaching role as soon as I qualified. ‘GT’ is a great source of advice to all of us who teach at Goodwood and he is always willing to share his experience. I hope I am still flying, teaching and enjoying it when I have done it for as long as Graham. He also has an incredible aviation library and often digs out a rare gem to share with us on the subject of instructing or aviation in general.
What’s has been the best piece of advice you have been given?
There are lots of aviation clichés, but these things usually become so because they are true! ‘If there’s any doubt there is no doubt’ is a good one and easily applied to many decision-making situations in aviation. There’s always another day, don’t let anything pressure you into flying or amending your plan if you aren’t comfortable with the situation. It’s supposed to be fun!
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