The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
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
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
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
The Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The stunning fish which adorn the walls of the main corridor are hand crafted and represent the fishing documents from Gordon Castle of 1864-1898.
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
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.
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.
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
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.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
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
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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 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 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.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
G. Stubbs (1724–1806) created some of the animal portraiture masterpieces at Goodwood House, combining anatomical exactitude with expressive details
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.
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
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 Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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.
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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
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!
The Martin-Baker ejector seat is an unsung British success story that continues to save lives.
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On 12 September 1942, Captain Valentine Baker, a hugely experienced pilot and World War I veteran of all three fighting forces, took his usual place at the controls of a prototype fighter plane. Baker was the co-founder, along with engineer James Martin, of British aviation manufacturer Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, established eight years earlier.
It should have been just another test flight – the 10th for this particular model, the MB3, commissioned by the Air Ministry. But it was not to be. Once airborne, the engine seized and during the resulting emergency landing the plane hit a tree stump and cartwheeled. Captain Baker was killed instantly.
James Martin was haunted by his friend’s death and dedicated the future of their company to pilot safety. It was a decision that would save thousands of lives.
From that dark moment, Martin-Baker went on to become an extraordinary but little-known British success story. Martin invented the modern ejector seat, and 75 years later his company has delivered some 70,000 to 93 air forces around the world. There are currently 17,000 Martin-Baker seats in service in 54 different aircraft types. A counter on the company’s homepage keeps a log of the lives it has saved. The number currently stands at 7,553.
These days, each seat can cost up to £200,000 and is fitted with enough power that, from a zero/zero position (at zero altitude and zero knots, ie, stationary), the pilot can be projected up to 300ft into the air. The parachute is not deployed until the seat “knows” it’s at a high enough altitude and speed to do so safely; all this happens without any action from the pilot. The company is now run by the two sons of James Martin and has received 11 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise across fields such as technological innovation, export achievement and international trade.
The new direction of the company was a labour of love for Sir James, who was knighted in 1965. After Captain Baker was killed, Sir James was invited to the MOD to investigate how to offer pilots a means of escape in flight. His innovation was a seat that propelled pilots into the air, and a year later an adventurous – and no doubt nervous – employee, one Bernard Lynch, successfully completed the first static ejection. Eighteen months later, Lynch conducted the first mid-air ejection, and went on to complete more than 30 tests in his lifetime. But it wasn’t until 1949 that a pilot was saved in action: Jo Lancaster was flying an Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 aircraft and was forced to eject over Southam, Warwickshire. Since then, a special club has been established, the Ejection Tie Club, for those who owe their lives to a Martin-Baker seat. More than 6,000 members have received a club tie emblazoned with a red triangle – the recognised warning signal for ejection.
On the company’s website there are testimonials that make for humbling reading. “On July 27, 2003, Martin-Baker saved my life after my EA-6B Prowler caught fire after a catastrophic engine failure over the Persian Gulf,” writes Christina Portnoy. “I am lucky to be ejectee number 5305, with a safe water landing.”
Flight Lieutenant Ian Ferguson – ejectee number 3914 – has the distinction, if that’s the correct word, of experiencing the lowest and fastest survivable ejection in the history of the RAF when his Phantom FGR2 malfunctioned and he ejected at 250ft travelling at 600mph. “I would like to thank Martin-Baker Aircraft Company for saving my life,” he writes, simply. It’s fair to say that many, many others feel the same.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Winter 2017 issue
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