View Full Version : Stolen EB-28 ever found?
rlovinggood
January 16th 12, 12:53 PM
Back in December of 2007, an EB-28 was reported stolen in the U.K.
The post stated the trailer was found and the fuselage had been cut in
half, with the cockpit and self-launching engine taken by the thieves.
I just ran across this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=KjNa6Gd-kIo
Is that an EB-28 cockpit?
Ray
Tony[_5_]
January 16th 12, 01:02 PM
On Jan 16, 6:53*am, rlovinggood > wrote:
> Back in December of 2007, an EB-28 was reported stolen in the U.K.
> The post stated the trailer was found and the fuselage had been cut in
> half, with the cockpit and self-launching engine taken by the thieves.
>
> I just ran across this video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=KjNa6Gd-kIo
>
> Is that an EB-28 cockpit?
>
> Ray
some other websites claim it was built in 2006, so I doubt it
Paul Tribe[_2_]
January 16th 12, 01:56 PM
At 13:02 16 January 2012, Tony wrote:
>On Jan 16, 6:53=A0am, rlovinggood wrote:
>> Back in December of 2007, an EB-28 was reported stolen in the
U.K.
>> The post stated the trailer was found and the fuselage had been
cut in
>> half, with the cockpit and self-launching engine taken by the
thieves.
>>
>> I just ran across this video:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
NR=3D1&feature=3Dendscreen&v=3DKjNa6Gd-kIo
>>
>> Is that an EB-28 cockpit?
>>
>> Ray
>
>some other websites claim it was built in 2006, so I doubt it
>
And a Google search for a picture of the original EB-28 shows a
single canopy, while the one in the video has two.
Jonathon May[_2_]
January 16th 12, 03:29 PM
At 13:56 16 January 2012, Paul Tribe wrote:
>At 13:02 16 January 2012, Tony wrote:
>>On Jan 16, 6:53=A0am, rlovinggood wrote:
>>> Back in December of 2007, an EB-28 was reported stolen in the
>U.K.
>>> The post stated the trailer was found and the fuselage had been
>cut in
>>> half, with the cockpit and self-launching engine taken by the
>thieves.
>>>
>>> I just ran across this video:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>NR=3D1&feature=3Dendscreen&v=3DKjNa6Gd-kIo
>>>
>>> Is that an EB-28 cockpit?
>>>
>>> Ray
>>
>>some other websites claim it was built in 2006, so I doubt it
>>
>
>And a Google search for a picture of the original EB-28 shows a
>single canopy, while the one in the video has two.
>
>
If its a DG hull they will be after the Weber tax
rhwoody
January 16th 12, 05:19 PM
On Jan 16, 7:53*am, rlovinggood > wrote:
> Back in December of 2007, an EB-28 was reported stolen in the U.K.
> The post stated the trailer was found and the fuselage had been cut in
> half, with the cockpit and self-launching engine taken by the thieves.
>
> I just ran across this video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=KjNa6Gd-kIo
>
> Is that an EB-28 cockpit?
>
> Ray
Hi All, Robin May was/is one of the 2 owners of the ASH25 EB28 that
was stolen and the forward section
of the fuselage (including the cockpit, Solo motor, and almost all of
the prop) taken away - never to be found
again to date - the ASH25 EB28 was one of 10 such gliders manufactured
and sold by Binder Motorenbau
in Ostheim, Germany - before those 10 gliders Binder built one ASH25
EB27 (27 meters wing span) - after
the 10 examples were built and sold Binder produced the EB28 and later
EB28 Edition and EB29 - I own an
EB28 Edition so am familiar with the Binder history -
Robin May was contacted by people who saw the forward fuselage on an
open trailer in Southern France -
they noted the car license number and Robin turned it over to the
police who were not so interested in following
up - as in, more important things to do??? the vehicle was probably
stolen so it remains at a dead end -
Binder built a new fuselase for Robin and his partner and that glider
is flying for the past 2 years - the insurance
paid but Robin was without a glider for a couple years while Binder
built the new fuselage
The fuselage in the video seems to be an ASH25 with the center bow
that separates the front and rear canopies -
Binder gliders have a one piece canopy - I hope this answers some
questions -
regards,
Ralph Woodward
Aspen, CO, 81611
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