 He enjoyed memberships in the Royal Aero Club, the Quiet Birdmen, the Caterpillar Club, the OX-5 Club, The Greater Miami Aviation Association as a Senior Member and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.Goodlin died on October 20, 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida, having never flown supersonic.He made this admission when interviewed for the X-1 profile in The Discovery Channel's 1991 series "The X Planes".