Cambridge Gliding Club was recently contacted by the family of the late Edmund (Ed) Miller FGAvA, a celebrated British aviation artist whose work has long paid tribute to the legacy, innovation, and emotion of flight. Ed was a regular visitor to the club and featured us in a number of paintings which the family kindly offered to give to us. They are titled “Gliding at Gransden”, “Gliding at Cambridge” and “Glider Retrieval – Royston Heath”. In the Cambridge painting Ed is depicted getting into the front of the K13. We don’t think the aircraft in the Royston picture are from CGC – after all, none of our members would land out so close to home – but given the location it seems fitting for the painting to have a home here.
Yesterday, Ed’s daughters Sue and Al visited Gransden to present the paintings to Andrew Hulme (President) and Phil Atkin (Chair). We were delighted to receive them, and the family is pleased to have found them such an appreciative home.
We’ll find good locations for them in the clubhouse in the next few weeks.
