The Hordern-Richmond Autoplane was a 1930s British twin engined two seat cabin touring monoplane designed by Edmund Hordern, and constructed by Heston Aircraft Company Ltd.
26-508: The Autoplane was designed by Edmund G. Hordern in collaboration with Frederick Duke of Richmond and Gordon , and built in 1936 by Heston Aircraft Company at Heston Aerodrome near London. The aircraft was planned to be manufactured and marketed by Hordern-Richmond Aircraft Ltd that was formed by the co-designers in April 1937. Construction was primarily wooden, with plywood skinned frames. The wings were cantilever, and could be folded outboard of
52-719: A transporter belonging to Team Surtees that was leaving the circuit after a test session. When the circuit was restored in the late 1990s, the chicane was remade using polystyrene blocks. Goodwood has, over the years, played host to many famous drivers: Mike Hawthorn and Graham Hill had their first single seat races here, Roger Penske visited in 1963, and Jim Clark and Jack Sears competed in 1964. The accident that ended Stirling Moss's international career happened at St. Mary's in 1962. Donald Campbell demonstrated his Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record car at Goodwood in July 1960 at its initial public launch, and again in July 1962, before
78-901: A white outline. Wings and stabiliser silver with dark blue lettering. It was grounded during World War II. Hordern-Richmond merged with Lang Propellers of Weybridge, and a new factory was built at Haddenham , near Thame, Buckinghamshire. The engineless remains of the Autoplane were stored in the roof of the Haddenham factory, but further details of its fate are not known. Data from Air-Britain Archive Summer 2007 General characteristics Performance Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 9th Duke of Aubigny, 4th Duke of Gordon (5 February 1904 – 2 November 1989), also known as Freddie March and Freddie Richmond ,
104-494: Is also a corporate version of the race, featuring teams like Lola, Jaguar Land Rover , Bentley Motors and Prodrive . The 'Breakfast Club' was introduced in March 2006. This is a semi regular free to enter, and open-to-all monthly gathering of drivers and riders who come to view each other's cars, bikes etc. Each meeting is themed with striking examples of the day’s theme paraded on the start finish straight. The circuit also hosted
130-474: Is noted for its annual Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival events. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual hill climb, held in late June or early July not on the circuit, but in the nearby grounds of Goodwood House. It features historic and modern motor-racing vehicles. In 2010, the event had over 176,000 visitors over 4 days. Following the success of the Festival of Speed hill climb, racing returned to
156-467: The 1982 UCI Road World Championships for cycle racing, notable for the men's professional race, which saw a late breakaway by the American rider Jacques Boyer being closed down by a pack led by Boyer's teammate (and future triple Tour de France winner and double Road World Champion) Greg LeMond . The circuit was used as a filming location in the historical drama series Downton Abbey . In May 2019
182-536: The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War . In 1928, his father succeeded as the 8th Duke of Richmond, and Freddie was styled as Earl of March and Kinrara . He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford . His interest in engineering started while he was at university and afterwards, he was apprenticed to Bentley Motors in the 1920s. He began a motor racing career in 1929 when he took part in
208-561: The Church of England on the World Council of Churches ' Central Committee from 1968. He married Elizabeth Grace Hudson (1900–1992) on 15 December 1927. She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas William Hudson and his wife, Alethea Mary Matheson, and sister of Bishop Noel Hudson . They were married for sixty-one years and had two children: Goodwood Circuit Goodwood Circuit is a historic venue for both two- and four-wheeled motorsport in
234-622: The Mongol Rally , a charity fundraising car rally to Mongolia , moved its starting point from Hyde Park, London to Goodwood. Entrants are on show to the public in the paddock before beginning the rally with a parade lap of the circuit. The National Finals of the Greenpower schools electric car racing challenge takes place at Goodwood each year. The Greenpower challenge is a nationwide series of electric vehicle endurance races for schools, who build their own 24 volt single-seater racing cars. There
260-478: The United Kingdom . The 2.367-mile (3.809 km) circuit is situated near Chichester , West Sussex , close to the south coast of England, on the estate of Goodwood House , and completely encircles Chichester/Goodwood Airport . This is the racing circuit dating from 1948, not to be confused with the separate hillclimb course located at Goodwood House and first used in 1936. The racing circuit began life as
286-410: The 1951 Goodwood Trophy race in his Alfa Romeo 159 at over 95 mph (153 km/h), the curve was replaced with a chicane in 1952. At first, the chicane was made using straw bales and boarding, before brick walls were constructed in 1953. Despite a number of accidents this brick chicane survived until the circuit's closure for racing in 1966, before it was rammed and destroyed in the mid-1970s by
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#1732891586918312-433: The 1965 Glover Trophy, the final formula one race at the circuit. The circuit claimed the life of McLaren founder Bruce McLaren in a testing accident on 2 June 1970. The accident happened on Lavant Straight, when a rear bodywork failure on his McLaren M8D Can-Am car caused it to spin and leave the track, hitting a bunker. The car would go on to win the opening event of that year's Can-Am Championship . Goodwood
338-594: The 500cc race (later to become Formula 3 ), followed by Eric Brandon and "Curly" Dryden, all in Coopers . Goodwood became famous for its Glover Trophy non-championship Formula One race, the Goodwood Nine Hours sports car endurance races run in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and the Tourist Trophy sports car race, run here between 1958 and 1964. The cars that raced in those events can be seen recreating (in shorter form)
364-658: The Goodwood circuit in 1998. The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September for the types of cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit's original period, 1948–1966. Historic aircraft help to complete the vintage feel. In 2008, a crowd of 68,000 people attended the event on the main Sunday - 9,000 more than in 2007. The track is now used for classic races, track days, and try-out days. Nearly everyone dresses up in vintage outfit from mods and rockers to racing drivers and just smart period clothes. In 2009,
390-698: The JCC High-Speed Trial. In the next year, he became a member of the Austin team and won the Brooklands 500 Miles. He created his own team of MG Midgets in 1931 and won the Brooklands Double Twelve race, but then became more involved in the organisational side of motorsport. He inherited the Dukedoms in 1935, along with Goodwood House and its racecourse, near Chichester . Death duties meant he had to sell
416-566: The Second World War. Horse racing was an important part of the Goodwood scene, but he did not share his ancestors' interest in the sport. Opened in 1948, the Goodwood Circuit became an important venue in motor racing. However, by 1966 the Duke was concerned at the increasing risks involved in motor racing and closed the circuit except for minor club activities and private testing. The Duke was
442-437: The car was shipped to Australia – where it finally broke the record in 1964. The car was a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) Bristol Siddeley turbine-powered 4,500 hp (3,400 kW) streamliner, with a theoretical top speed of 450 to 500 mph (720 to 800 km/h). The laps of Goodwood were effectively at "tick-over" speed, because the car had only four degrees of steering lock, with a maximum of 100 mph (160 km/h) on
468-679: The endurance races at the Goodwood Revival each year in the Sussex trophy and the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy (RAC TT). The original circuit layout featured a fast left-hand curve between the Woodcote corner and the start-finish line, with the pit lane on the infield side of the curve's exit. Increasing car speeds made organisers aware of the dangers of a fast car losing control at this curve, and after Giuseppe Farina won
494-458: The engines. The fixed main undercarriage legs were inline with the engines, with no brakes and a simple tail skid. The Autoplane was fitted with a control system by which all manoeuvres could be carried out using one hand. At the top of each of the normal control columns there was a small wheel which took the place of the more usual rudder bar or pedals. No wing flaps or pilot-operated trimmers were provided. Registered G-AEOG, an Authorisation to Fly
520-659: The family interests in Scotland, including Gordon Castle , and settle on Goodwood. He designed and flew his own aircraft and served with the Royal Air Force during World War II . For a time, he was based in Washington, working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production. After the war, he faced the task of rehabilitating Goodwood, and saw the potential for creating a motor racing circuit from the air fighter station built at Goodwood during
546-631: The longest-serving Vice President of the Royal Automobile Club , with which he was associated since 1948. As early as the thirties, he was the motoring correspondent of the Sunday Referee , and became the Founder President of the Guild of Motoring Writers. The Duke appeared on 14 December 1958 episode of the American version of What's My Line? . A devout Anglican , the Duke represented
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#1732891586918572-532: The perimeter track of RAF Westhampnett airfield, which was constructed during World War II as a relief airfield for RAF Tangmere . The first race meeting took place on 18 September 1948, organised by the Junior Car Club and sanctioned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon . The winner of the first race was P. de F. C. Pycroft, in his 2,664 c.c. Pycroft-Jaguar, at 66.42 mph (106.89 km/h). Stirling Moss won
598-490: The straight on one lap. Goodwood saw its last race meeting for over 30 years in 1966, because the owners did not want to modify the track with more chicanes to control the increased speeds of modern racing cars. The last event of the era was a club meeting organised by the British Automobile Racing Club on 2 July 1966. The lap record was a 1 minute and 20.4 seconds set by both Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark, in
624-501: The track was added into Gran Turismo Sport as a free update. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Festival of Speed, members and Revival meetings were cancelled and replaced by an event called Speedweek combining elements from all three events. The all-time outright lap record is 1:09.914, set by Nick Padmore in an Arrows A11 , during the 2020 Goodwood Speedweek timed shootout event . The fastest official race lap records at
650-490: Was a British peer , engineer, racing driver , and motor racing promoter who founded the Goodwood Circuit at his Sussex estate. "Freddie" was born at 58, Great Cumberland Place , Marylebone , the second surviving son of Charles, Earl of March and Hilda Brassey . He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford . His elder brother Charles Henry of the Royal Fusiliers was killed in action in 1919 during
676-467: Was issued on 16 October 1936, and the Autoplane was piloted by Edmund Hordern on its first flight at Heston Aerodrome on 28 October 1936. It was based at Goodwood airfield after flight testing at Heston. It was owned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon until 14 April 1938, and then by Hordern-Richmond Aircraft Ltd at Denham Aerodrome . The aircraft's colour scheme is believed to be as follows: Fuselage, fin, rudder and nacelles dark blue, lettering G-AEOG with
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