15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 26 – July 31, 2006 in Troyes in France, altogether with the 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship (July 21–26). There were 65 crews from France (8), Poland (6), Czech Republic (5), United Kingdom (5), Spain (5), Hungary (5), South Africa (5), Russia (4), Austria (3), Germany (3), Greece (3), Italy (3), Chile (3), Cyprus (2), Israel (2), Slovakia (1), Portugal (1) and 1 mixed. Most popular airplane was Cessna 152 (31 crews) and Cessna 172 (25), then DR400 (4), Cessna 150 (3), 3Xtrim (2), PZL Wilga 2000 (2), Glastar (1), HB-23 (1), Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee (1), DV-20 (1) (these numbers of aircraft are initial, while number of participating crews was in fact lower - 65). Contest July 15 and July 17 to July 21 - unofficial practice July 21 to July 26 - the 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship July 24 to July 26 - unofficial practice July 26 - Final arrivals, opening briefing and opening ceremony July 27 - Official practice July 28 - Landing test July 29 - First competition flight July 30 - Second First competition flight July 31 - Reserve day, awards giving and closing ceremony August 1 - Departures Results Individual Pilot / navigator / country / aircraft / registration / observation + navigation + landings penalty points = total 1.Wacław Wieczorek / Michał Wieczorek POL PZL-104 Wilga 2000 SP-KPB 0 + 50 + 80 = 1302.Jiří Filip / Michal Filip CZE Cessna 152 OK-IKH 0 + 6 + 160 = 1663. Petr Opat / Tomas Rajdl CZE Cessna 152 OK-NAV 80 + 28 + 120 = 2284.Julien Cherioux / David Le Gentil FRA DR400 F-GNNS 120 + 30 + 80 = 2305. Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller FRA Cessna 152 F-GBFB 40 + 26 + 180 = 2466. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz POL Cessna 152 SP-FZY (?) 80 + 30 + 220 = 3307.Krzysztof Wieczorek / Krzysztof SkrętowiczPOL3Xtrim SP-YUD 120 + 16 + 220 = 3568. Bertrand De Greef / Jean-Pierre Delmas FRA Cessna 152 F-GBQD 80 + 34 + 260 = 3749. Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet FRA Cessna 152 F-GAFN 180 + 54 + 180 = 41410. Michał Bartler / Michał Osowski POL Cessna 152 SP-AKP (?) 160 + 130 + 140 = 430 Team Two best crews were counted. Czech Republic - 394 (number of penalty points) Poland - 460 France - 476 Spain - 1010 Austria - 1700 United Kingdom - 1756 Hungary - 2226 Germany - 2256 South Africa - 2526 Chile - 2546 Greece - 3956 Italy - 4760 Russia - 4956 Cyprus - 8860 Israel - 9574 References External links https://archive.today/20070611002512/http://events.fai.org/ga/fullresults.asp?id=3229 FAI - Official result el Category:Air sports in France Rally Flying 15 Category:Fédération Aéronautique Internationale FAI World Rally Flying Championship FAI World Rally Flying Championship Category:Aviation history of France