Members of the Cody family still live in the Farnborough area. The original family house is just across the road from Ash Vale train station and two Cody brothers run a second hand car business just across the street.

There was a fire at the old site a couple of weeks ago and the wind tunnel very nearly went up in flames. Luckily, the fire was spotted early and the tunnel itself was undamaged.

Same thoughts occured to me. Some date or time scale reference should suffice to kill the alarm bells.

I also remeber seeing an RAF example flying over Shannon at about 28,000 ft one sunny day in (probably) 1975. I last saw one a few years ago overflying Farnborough at about 15,000 ft.

Yes, it was based on the Britannia. Shorts had also manufactured the Britannia on behalf of Bristol so were familiar with the engineering involved. In that case, I would guess that the R & D might not have been as great as it would otherwise have been.
I remember seeing some Belfasts parked up at RAF Kemble in 1976 awaiting disposal.

Beautiful shots – thanks.

I presume the Gordon-Bennett comment related to the series of Gordon-Bennett Trophy Races which were held on public road circuits in the early part of the 20th Century rather than anything to do with Goodwood per se. Many racing afficianados think that “real” racing died when these types of unfettered road races were abandoned after the disastrous 1903 Paris-Madrid race.

In fact, “road” racing continued right through to the early 1970s – the Targo Florio in Sicily being very much based on the original concept.. Indeed Spa, Monaco and Pau which are essentially road circuits, are still used for car racing. In fact, Dublin’s Phoenix Park road circuit, which was used in the 1903 Gordon-Bennett Trophy is still in use today, including a section of the “track” that was used in the 1903 event. Probably the last true great road venue is the Isle of Man TT circuit.

Regarding Goodwood’s history as a race track, it hosted motor racing from 1948 through to early 1966 after which it was used mainly for testing, sprinting and track days. Racing recommenced in 1998 although limited to the types of cars that raced in the original period of the circuit’s use.