Sometime between 8:00pm on Saturday 8 Dec and 7:45am Sunday 9 December 2007, an EB28 glider in its trailer was stolen from London Gliding Club, Dunstable Downs, England, United Kingdom.

This page explains the circumstances of the theft and describes the instruments, engine and other equipment that was taken.

If you see any of this for sale under unusual circumstances or are suspicious that an item of equipment might have been taken from this stolen glider,
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Instruments, Motor & Other Equipment Fitted to EB28 D-KOOL at the Time of Theft

Front Panel:
- LX 7007 Pro-IGC with FLARM & card reader - serial no. 21439
- LX LCD vario display
- Becker AR 4201 720ch. radio - serial no. 11742
- Becker CU 6401-1 remote transponder head unit - serial no. 0010
- MGL Avionics solid-state artificial horizon
- 57mm Winter altimeter FGH40 - serial no. 240659
- 80mm Winter ASI FMS423 - serial no. 125046
- ILEC engine control unit
- 57mm Winter mechanical vario
- Mount and wiring for front PDA

Rear Panel:
- LX 7007 rear unit
- LX LCD vario display
- Winter 57mm ASI FMS423 - serial no. 151391
- Mount and wiring for rear PDA

Fuselage:
- Becker BXP 6402-2R remote transponder unit
- Oxygen bottle mounting

Powerplant:
Engine: Solo 2625/2 4600-2-2
Propeller: Technoflug KS-16-160-R-120

Initial Report on the Theft and Damage to EB28 D-KOOL (13) and Trailer

Syndicate:
Ed Downham, Steve Lynn & Robin May

Timing:
Glider & trailer checked at approximately 16:30, Saturday 8th December 2007. All OK.
British Gliding Association called on Monday 10th by a resident of the Leighton Buzzard area reporting a trailer abandoned in a lay-by.

Location:
The trailer was found on the old A4146, between Stoke Hammond and Bletchley, parked in a lay-by.

Damage:
The fuselage had been severed (probably with a large-diameter abrasive cutter) at the rear of the engine bay: everything forward of that point was missing.
 

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