stolen EB28 sighted travelling through France

On Mar 4, 5:11*pm, rlovinggood wrote:
I hope these "evil doers" are caught. *Then, I hope glider pilots can
serve as judge, jury, and prosecutor.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

How about, Judge, Jury, and executioner.

On Mar 5, 5:33*pm, nimbusgb wrote:
On 4 Mar, 18:49, wrote:


Contacted the port authorities & customs for cctv footage yet? They
only keep the tapes for a short while.

The matters in the hands of the police. They were informed the same
day as the sightings so, hopefully, they have moved fast enough to
save the cctv footage.

Paul

On 4 Mar, 18:49, wrote:
Hello,

You may know that an EB28 was stolen in December from the London
Gliding Club, UK, and the front half of the fuselage cut away and
stolen. Seewww.genesys.net/eb28stolen.

Two glider pilots sighted it yesterday travelling through France en-
route through Normandy from the port of Caen heading South towards
Spain.

How can they be sure? Isn't one ASH-25 front fuselage section very
much like any other ASH-25 front fuselage section? And although there
can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking around, they aren't
unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25) on eBay quite
recently, as the remains of a simulator project.

I certainly hope that this is good news, and that the thieves get
caught, but I wouldn't want you to get too hopeful ... nor for people
to stop looking elsewhere.

Ian

On Mar 5, 12:26*pm, Ian wrote:
...And although there can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking
around, they aren't unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25)
on eBay quite recently, as the remains of a simulator project...

Good point. I've got three or four sailplane forward fuselages stacked
up against the side of my house here in California. They're all for
single-seaters, but from a distance they'd probably pass for what's
being watched for in Europe.

Thanks, Bob K.

On Mar 5, 9:43*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Mar 5, 12:26*pm, Ian wrote:

...And although there can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking
around, they aren't unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25)
on eBay quite recently, as the remains of a simulator project...

Good point. I've got three or four sailplane forward fuselages stacked
up against the side of my house here in California. They're all for
single-seaters, but from a distance they'd probably pass for what's
being watched for in Europe.

Thanks, Bob K.

One of the witnesses saw the lettering "EB28" on the half fuselage.
There simply aren't that many EB28 half fuselages being towed around
Europe at this time of year.

Paul

On 5 Mar, 22:26, wrote:
On Mar 5, 9:43 pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Mar 5, 12:26 pm, Ian wrote:

...And although there can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking
around, they aren't unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25)
on eBay quite recently, as the remains of a simulator project...

Good point. I've got three or four sailplane forward fuselages stacked
up against the side of my house here in California. They're all for
single-seaters, but from a distance they'd probably pass for what's
being watched for in Europe.

One of the witnesses saw the lettering "EB28" on the half fuselage.
There simply aren't that many EB28 half fuselages being towed around
Europe at this time of year.

It may not be conclusive, but it sounds damned suspicious. I wonder
why they haven't ripped the instruments (and engine - did they get
away with that?) out of it. I'd have thought that fitting the bits
into another glider would be much easier than grafting the fuselage,
and there would be a lot less storage space needed as well.

Any accident reports of an ASH-25 (or EB28) crashing in France or
Spain with major cockpit damage?

Good luck,

Ian

On 6 mar, 00:16, Ian wrote:
On 5 Mar, 22:26, wrote:

On Mar 5, 9:43 pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Mar 5, 12:26 pm, Ian wrote:

...And although there can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking
around, they aren't unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25)
on eBay quite recently, as the remains of a simulator project...

Good point. I've got three or four sailplane forward fuselages stacked
up against the side of my house here in California. They're all for
single-seaters, but from a distance they'd probably pass for what's
being watched for in Europe.
One of the witnesses saw the lettering "EB28" on the half fuselage.
There simply aren't that many EB28 half fuselages being towed around
Europe at this time of year.

It may not be conclusive, but it sounds damned suspicious. I wonder
why they haven't ripped the instruments (and engine - did they get
away with that?) out of it. I'd have thought that fitting the bits
into another glider would be much easier than grafting the fuselage,
and there would be a lot less storage space needed as well.

Any accident reports of an ASH-25 (or EB28) crashing in France or
Spain with major cockpit damage?

Good luck,

Ian

hello

I´m wring from spain. I have to tell you that this matter has been
posted in some webs and blogs of clubs around Spain (Ocaña, Santa
Cilia de Jac, La Cerdanya...) We hope they´ll be caught.

Kind regards,,

Jaume

On Mar 5, 11:57*pm, wrote:

hello

I´m writing from spain. I have to tell you that this matter has been
posted in some webs and blogs of clubs around Spain (Ocaña, Santa
Cilia de Jac, La Cerdanya...) We hope they´ll be caught.

Kind regards,,

Jaume- Hide quoted text -

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Many thanks, Jaume.

Paul

wrote:
One of the witnesses saw the lettering "EB28" on the half fuselage.
There simply aren't that many EB28 half fuselages being towed around
Europe at this time of year.

Paul

One wonders why they didn't make any attempt to cover it up. Something
like that is going to stick out like a sore thumb. If it was stolen by
someone connected to gliding you'd think they'd be aware of the stir
this has caused and that a large portion of European glider pilots are
going to be on the look out.

Alastair

wrote:

On Mar 5, 9:43*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Mar 5, 12:26*pm, Ian wrote:

...And although there can't be a huge number of half fuselages knocking
around, they aren't unknown ... someone was selling one (not ASH-25)
on eBay quite recently, as the remains of a simulator project...

Good point. I've got three or four sailplane forward fuselages stacked
up against the side of my house here in California. They're all for
single-seaters, but from a distance they'd probably pass for what's
being watched for in Europe.

Thanks, Bob K.

One of the witnesses saw the lettering "EB28" on the half fuselage.
There simply aren't that many EB28 half fuselages being towed around
Europe at this time of year.

Paul

Pity they didn't get the vehicle reg too.

Anyway, from what I have heard, the police were absolutely NOT
interested in the whole affair - no injuries, no threat to life,
better things to do.

No harm in a few pro-active enquiries.

Gilbert.