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'''18th [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|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 [[Glastar]]s and [[Zlin Z-43]]'s, single [[Zlin Z-42]], [[3Xtrim Aircraft Factory 3Xtrim|3Xtrim]], [[Piper PA-18]], [[HB-Flugtechnik HB-23|HB-23]] and [[Van's Aircraft RV-7|Van's RV-7A]] (the numbers of aircraft participating was lower, for some pilots flew the same aircraft).
==Results==
=== Individual ===
{|
| # ||Pilot||Country||Aircraft type||Reg. nr.
| colspan=4 |Penal points for:<br> navigation + reconnaissance + landings = total
|-
| bgcolor=gold|1.||'''Luboš Hájek''' ||{{flag|CZE}}|| [[Cessna 152]]|| OK-NAV ||18 ||	70 ||22||= 110
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2.|| '''[[Wacław Wieczorek]]''' ||{{flag|POL}}||Cessna 152|| SP-AKP||78||40||55 ||= 173
|-
|bgcolor=#D29028|3.|| '''Robert Verbančič''' ||{{flag|SVN}}|| Cessna 152 ||S5-DMI||89||40||61||= 190
|-
|4.|| Michal Filip ||{{flag|CZE}} || Cessna 152 ||OK-IKH||60||140||27 ||= 227
|-
|5.|| Michał Wieczorek||{{flag|POL}}|| Cessna 152 ||SP-KWW||157||80||17||= 254
|-
|6. ||Petr Opat ||{{flag|CZE}} || Cessna 152 ||OK-NAV||93||160||22||= 275
|-
|7. ||Michał Bartler ||{{flag|POL}}|| Cessna 152 ||SP-KCH||96||120||68 ||= 284
|-
|8. ||Frantisek Cihlar ||{{flag|CZE}} || Cessna 152 ||OK-IKC||132||140||42||= 314
|-
|9.|| [[Janusz Darocha]]||{{flag|POL}}|| Cessna 152|| SP-AKP||197||80||53|| = 330
|-
|10.|| Bolesław Radomski||{{flag|POL}}|| Cessna 152 ||SP-KCH||231||130||42||= 403
|}
=== Team ===
Number of penal points and place of three best competitors:
#{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} [[Image:Gold medal 16px.png]] - 612 pts
## Luboš Hájek - 110 pts, #1
## Michal Filip - 227 pts, #4
## Petr Opat - 275 pts, #6
#{{flagcountry|Poland}} [[Image:Silver medal 16px.png]] - 711 pts
## Wacław Wieczorek - 173 pts, #2
## Michał Wieczorek - 254 pts, #5
## Michał Bartler - 284 pts, #7
#{{flagcountry|France}} [[Image:Bronze medal 16px.png]] - 1538 pts
## Patrick Bats	- 429 pts, #12
## Eric Daspet	- 505 pts, #15
## David Le Gentil - 604 pts, #23
#{{flagcountry|Austria}} - 1849 pts
##Anton Tonninger, jr. - 565 pts, #18
## Wolfgang Schneckenreither - 596 pts, #22
## Paul Szameitat - 688, #28
#{{flagcountry|Switzerland}} - 3348 pts
#{{flagcountry|Germany}} - 3562 pts
#{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} - 3944 pts
#{{flagcountry|Russia}} - 4212 pts
#{{flagcountry|South Africa}} - 5125 pts
#{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} - 6590 pts
==References==
* [http://events.fai.org/ga/EventDetails.asp?id=4306 18th FAI World Precision Flying Championship]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.ried2008.at/ergebnis-precision-detail.html?uid=12 Results]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
==See also==
*[[17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship]]
*[[16th FAI World Rally Flying Championship]]
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[[Category:Aviation competitions and awards|Precision Flying 18]]
[[Category:July 2008 events in Europe]]
[[Category:2008 in Austria]]
[[Category:Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]]
[[Category:Aviation history of Austria]]
[[Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe]]