13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
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).
Contest[]
First navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF - 324 penal points
- Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller FRA - 344 pts
- Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek POL - 418 pts
Second navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF - 166 pts
- Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard FRA - 538 pts
- M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev RUS - 576 pts
Third navigation competition:
- Jiří Filip / Michal Filip CZE - 168 pts
- Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz POL - 188 pts
- Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman ZAF - 188 pts
Results[]
Individual[]
Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings
1. | Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk | ZAF | 350 + 192 + 210 = 752 |
2. | / Zbigniew Chrząszcz | POL | 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405 |
3. | Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard | FRA | 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456 |
4. | Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier | FRA | 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648 |
5. | Jiří Filip / Michal Filip | CZE | 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666 |
6. | Petr Opat / Václav Pojer | CZE | 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766 |
7. | Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny | AUT | 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788 |
8. | Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek | POL | 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811 |
9. | Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman | ZAF | 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842 |
10. | Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet | FRA | 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958 |
Team[]
Counted two best crews (number of penal points):
- ZAF - 2594
- FRA - 3104
- POL - 3216
- CZE - 3432
- AUT - 5466
- GBR - 5954
- ESP - 6244
- DEU - 6706
- CHL - 8791
- RUS - 11097
- GRC - 20414
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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Aviation competitions and awards
- International sports competitions hosted by South Africa
- 2003 in South African sport
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
- Aviation history of South Africa