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 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | PZL-104 Wilga 2000 | SP-KPB | 0 + 50 + 80 = 130 |
2. | Jiří Filip / Michal Filip | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-IKH | 0 + 6 + 160 = 166 |
3. | Petr Opat / Tomas Rajdl | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-NAV | 80 + 28 + 120 = 228 |
4. | Julien Cherioux / David Le Gentil | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | DR400 | F-GNNS | 120 + 30 + 80 = 230 |
5. | Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Cessna 152 | F-GBFB | 40 + 26 + 180 = 246 |
6. | Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-FZY (?) | 80 + 30 + 220 = 330 |
7. | Krzysztof Wieczorek / Krzysztof Skrętowicz | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | 3Xtrim | SP-YUD | 120 + 16 + 220 = 356 |
8. | Bertrand De Greef / Jean-Pierre Delmas | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Cessna 152 | F-GBQD | 80 + 34 + 260 = 374 |
9. | Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Cessna 152 | F-GAFN | 180 + 54 + 180 = 414 |
10. | Michał Bartler / Michał Osowski | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-AKP (?) | 160 + 130 + 140 = 430 |
Team
Two best crews were counted.
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic - 394 (number of penalty points)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland - 460
- File:Flag of France.svg France - 476
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain - 1010
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - 1700
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom - 1756
- File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary - 2226
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany - 2256
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa - 2526
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile - 2546
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece - 3956
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - 4760
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia - 4956
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus - 8860
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel - 9574