Ed Needham

By | March 30, 2026

It is with much regret that we recently heard of Ed Needhams passing, Ed had been battling cancer since just before the Covid 19 pandemic.

Whilst Ed was primarily known as a CL team racing competitor, he also took part in CL speed flying and most recently this involved competing in Sport Jet at Barton Club.

Ed was a larger than life character and was certainly good fun to be around, he had a dry wit and sense of humour.

Ed will be missed by the CL speed fliers at Barton and also his many team racing friends.

Our sympathy goes to Ed’s wife Sue and the rest of his family.

Ed’s funeral will be held at Treswithian Downs Crematorium, Cambourne, Cornwall TR14 0BL on Thursday April 16th at 2:30pm

Category: General

About Barrie Lever

I am a committed competition modeller, flying RC pylon since 1978 and additionally control line since 2017, although I had held a latent interest in CL speed for decades. I like to make as much of my competition models myself as is possible, this often involves teaming up with other like minded competitors to share the workload.