Dave Ford

Dave joined Goodwood after 20+ years in the aviation industry. He has a passion for aviation which has led him to take controls of gliders, fixed and rotary wing aircraft although never to the level of gaining a licence. 

His aim as General Manager of the Aerodrome is to make it the most exciting and talked about airfield in the UK!

Graham Turner

Graham learned to fly in Tiger Moths with Portsmouth Aero Club in 1957. He joined the RAF in 1958 and went on to instruct in Jet Provosts at RAF Syerston. He left to join BEA/BA in 1971 flying Comets, BAE 111’s and 737’s and after a further five years with Maersk retired from commercial flying, coming to Goodwood in 2000.

He has amassed over 23000 hours of flying experience and a wealth of knowledge along the way, and is every bit as passionate about aircraft as he was when he first started flying.

Charlotte Dadswell

Charlotte achieved her PPL at Goodwood Flying School in 2005. Since then she has gone on to get her CPL and her FI rating, the latter from Goodwood.  She joined our team of Flying Instructors in 2015.

When not teaching she enjoys flying vintage taildraggers, particularly aerobatics in the Chipmunk, which is her favourite aircraft.  She is currently involved in the resoration of a small Swedish aerobatic biplane.  It's now based at Goodwood and she hopes to be flying it by the summer. 

Peter Taylor

Peter learned to fly at the age of 17. He joined Goodwood as an instructor in the early 1980's and then left to join the airlines. He returned to Goodwood in 2004 to take up instructing again. Clocking up over 6000 hours of instructing and 15,000 hours of flying, Peter is a very experienced pilot and considers Goodwood as his second home.

Joe Carter

Joe is part of the Flying School's team of flying instructors. He gained his commercial licence in 2008 before getting his instructor rating shortly after. Over the years he has flown numerous aeroplanes and has taught students for their PPL, CPL, IR and night rating.

When not doing his day job of flying the Boeing 787, Joe loves to share his passion and knowledge of aviation with others and perhaps a bad joke or two along the way!

Colin Hampson

Colin took to the air from an early age in his father's light aeroplane and was awarded an RAF Flying Scholarship at 17. He went on to complete his PPL in South Africa and in 2012 obtained his Commercial licence.

Appropriately, Colin completed his Instructor Rating here at Goodwood, from the very same seat of his father’s aeroplane, some 28 years after that first childhood flight!

Colin is passionate about aviation and regularly attends fly-ins and aviation events around the UK, Europe and the United States.

Ian Whitling

Ian started his aviation career as an apprentice aircraft engineer with the MOD at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough. After the MOD he continued as an engineer with Dan Air and during this time he gained his flying licences and became an Instructor which soon became his full-time occupation. He then moved on to the airlines first flying the Fokker F27 then the L1011 Tristar followed by the Boeing 757/767 and B777 (Emirates). Amassed a total to date of 18,000 hours and currently flying the Airbus A321/330.