18th FAI World Precision Flying Championship

18th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 13 - July 19, 2008 in Ried im Innkreis in Austria, altogether with the 16th FAI World Rally Flying Championship (July 20-26).

There were 62 competitors from 13 countries: Czech Republic (10), Poland (9), Austria (9), France (6), United Kingdom (6), Russia (4), South Africa (4), New Zealand (3), Germany (3), Switzerland (3), Denmark (2), Sweden (2), Slovenia (1).

Most numerous airplane was Cessna 152 (31 pilots), then Cessna 150 (16) and Cessna 172 (6). There were also two Glastars and Zlin Z-43's, single Zlin Z-42, 3Xtrim, Piper PA-18, HB-23 and Van's RV-7A (the numbers of aircraft participating was lower, for some pilots flew the same aircraft).

Results

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Individual

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# Pilot Country Aircraft type Reg. nr. Penal points for:
navigation + reconnaissance + landings = total
1. Luboš Hájek   CZE Cessna 152 OK-NAV 18 70 22 = 110
2. Wacław Wieczorek   POL Cessna 152 SP-AKP 78 40 55 = 173
3. Robert Verbančič   SVN Cessna 152 S5-DMI 89 40 61 = 190
4. Michal Filip   CZE Cessna 152 OK-IKH 60 140 27 = 227
5. Michał Wieczorek   POL Cessna 152 SP-KWW 157 80 17 = 254
6. Petr Opat   CZE Cessna 152 OK-NAV 93 160 22 = 275
7. Michał Bartler   POL Cessna 152 SP-KCH 96 120 68 = 284
8. Frantisek Cihlar   CZE Cessna 152 OK-IKC 132 140 42 = 314
9. Janusz Darocha   POL Cessna 152 SP-AKP 197 80 53 = 330
10. Bolesław Radomski   POL Cessna 152 SP-KCH 231 130 42 = 403

Team

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Number of penal points and place of three best competitors:

  1.   Czech Republic   - 612 pts
    1. Luboš Hájek - 110 pts, #1
    2. Michal Filip - 227 pts, #4
    3. Petr Opat - 275 pts, #6
  2.   Poland   - 711 pts
    1. Wacław Wieczorek - 173 pts, #2
    2. Michał Wieczorek - 254 pts, #5
    3. Michał Bartler - 284 pts, #7
  3.   France   - 1538 pts
    1. Patrick Bats - 429 pts, #12
    2. Eric Daspet - 505 pts, #15
    3. David Le Gentil - 604 pts, #23
  4.   Austria - 1849 pts
    1. Anton Tonninger, jr. - 565 pts, #18
    2. Wolfgang Schneckenreither - 596 pts, #22
    3. Paul Szameitat - 688, #28
  5.    Switzerland - 3348 pts
  6.   Germany - 3562 pts
  7.   United Kingdom - 3944 pts
  8.   Russia - 4212 pts
  9.   South Africa - 5125 pts
  10.   New Zealand - 6590 pts

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