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Nicholas Goodhart beyond the carrier deck

Nicholas Goodhart combined his aviation work with gliding, motor sport, and charity fundraising, including an abseil down a church at 88.

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Nicholas Goodhart worked with the Yorkshire Gliding Club and aeronautical organizations as well as developing carrier landing aids. He finished 35th out of 350 entrants in the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally. At 88, he abseiled down Cullompton Church to raise money for a hospice in Exeter. He died in 2011.