Rebecca-Berlin 0 #1 April 9, 2008 My rig was stolen from a car in Berlin, Germany on March 28, 2008. Container: Teardrop Viper, black/blue, SN: 7211, DOM 01/2006, stainless steel hip rings, retractible plot chute, blue leather hacky, BOC, RSL, AERO Spacer, yellow handles embroidered with "WooHoo" and "Oh Shit!", 15" harness AAD: Cypres-2, SN: 19636, DOM 10/2005 Main: Silhouette 190, SN: 001349, DOM 4/2000, blue with green middle cell, small 3 cm patch on left outer cell, 500 jumps Reserve: 170er Speed 2000, SN: 0310, DOM 6/2003 white, 0 jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #2 April 13, 2008 Sorry to hear about your gear. Thanks for posting pics. I'll keep my eye out for it! I hope you find it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #3 April 13, 2008 Thanks. I pray that some rigger will notice and turn the thief in when he/she tries to sell it or get a repack. Or that some skydiver getting onto a load will say, "Hey, wait a minute, I saw that Viper on dropzone.com. It's stolen!" By the way, one of my best friends has Lupus. Nice to know that you are involved with charity work for this project. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #4 October 24, 2010 Hey everybody! My rig was found!!! 2 1/2 years later, I got an email from this rigger in Neustadt-Glewe Germany: http://www.canopy-rigging.com/ Someone tried to sell them my rig and they recognized the Cypres serial number and contacted me. Yippee!!! I'll pick it up this week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 0 #5 October 24, 2010 Awesome! Lucky you! Any trouble getting the rig back from the seller? Did they come by it in good faith? Did the police handle it? ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #6 October 24, 2010 The sellers left the rig at the rigging loft, where I will pick it up this week. The sellers SAY they found it in a dumpster. So according to their story, someone else stole it out of the parked car and threw it in the dumpster, where they fished it out and saved it for 2 1/2 years before bringing it to a rigger. I have not notified the police yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rover 9 #7 October 25, 2010 Stick it to the pricks!!!2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #8 October 27, 2010 I notified the police today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #9 October 27, 2010 so now you have two rigs??? anyways awesome story, hope my friend's rigs turns out later as well.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #10 October 28, 2010 I actually won't get the rig till the police have finished their investigations. @stayhigh: Tell your friend to keep believing. I also had a friend whose rig was stolen and then found a year later when someone tried to sell it. His story gave me my unwavering optimism. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #11 October 28, 2010 I posted in General Skydiving a reward for a stolen PORTER in the UK.... Apparently leasing unpaid, plane taken apart and hidden somewhere.... MAybe someone will find it in a dumpster scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #12 October 31, 2010 Quote I posted in General Skydiving a reward for a stolen PORTER in the UK.... Apparently leasing unpaid, plane taken apart and hidden somewhere.... MAybe someone will find it in a dumpster that's gotta be one hell of a dumpster, to get rid of a plane tough! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca-Berlin 0 #13 July 14, 2012 Now that I have two rigs, I realize I only need one. Can anyone tell me how much my Teardrop Viper is worth now? I am so happy with the Javelin I got after the Viper was stolen, I'm going to keep it and sell the Viper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites