13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

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13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 26 - August 3, 2003 in Rustenburg in South Africa.

There were 51 crews from 14 countries: South Africa (7), Poland (4), France (4), Czech Republic (4), Austria (6), United Kingdom (6), Germany (6), Russia (3), Spain (3), Chile (3), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Cyprus (1), Portugal (1).

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[edit] Contest

First navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk Flag of South Africa ZAF - 324 penal points
  2. Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller Flag of France FRA - 344 pts
  3. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek Flag of Poland POL - 418 pts

Second navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk Flag of South Africa ZAF - 166 pts
  2. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard Flag of France FRA - 538 pts
  3. M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev Flag of Russia RUS - 576 pts

Third navigation competition:

  1. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip Flag of the Czech Republic CZE - 168 pts
  2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz Flag of Poland POL - 188 pts
  3. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman Flag of South Africa ZAF - 188 pts

[edit] Results

[edit] Individual:

Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings

1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk Flag of South Africa ZAF 350 + 192 + 210 = 752
2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz Flag of Poland POL 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405
3. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard Flag of France FRA 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456
4. Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier Flag of France FRA 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648
5. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip Flag of the Czech Republic CZE 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666
6. Petr Opat / Václav Pojer Flag of the Czech Republic CZE 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766
7. Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny Flag of Austria AUT 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788
8. Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek Flag of Poland POL 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811
9. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman Flag of South Africa ZAF 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842
10. Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet Flag of France FRA 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958

[edit] Team

Counted two best crews (amount of penal points):

  1. Flag of South Africa ZAF - 2594
  2. Flag of France FRA - 3104
  3. Flag of Poland POL - 3216
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic CZE - 3432
  5. Flag of Austria AUT - 5466
  6. Flag of the United Kingdom GBR - 5954
  7. Flag of Spain ESP - 6244
  8. Flag of Germany DEU - 6706
  9. Flag of Chile CHL - 8791
  10. Flag of Russia RUS - 11097
  11. Flag of Greece GRC - 20414

[edit] Trivia

It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.

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