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.