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
Individual
# | Pilot | Country | Aircraft type | Reg. nr. | Penal points for: navigation + reconnaissance + landings = total | |||
1. | Luboš Hájek | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-NAV | 18 | 70 | 22 | = 110 |
2. | Wacław Wieczorek | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-AKP | 78 | 40 | 55 | = 173 |
3. | Robert Verbančič | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SVN | Cessna 152 | S5-DMI | 89 | 40 | 61 | = 190 |
4. | Michal Filip | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-IKH | 60 | 140 | 27 | = 227 |
5. | Michał Wieczorek | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-KWW | 157 | 80 | 17 | = 254 |
6. | Petr Opat | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-NAV | 93 | 160 | 22 | = 275 |
7. | Michał Bartler | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-KCH | 96 | 120 | 68 | = 284 |
8. | Frantisek Cihlar | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Cessna 152 | OK-IKC | 132 | 140 | 42 | = 314 |
9. | Janusz Darocha | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-AKP | 197 | 80 | 53 | = 330 |
10. | Bolesław Radomski | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Cessna 152 | SP-KCH | 231 | 130 | 42 | = 403 |
Team
Number of penal points and place of three best competitors:
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic File:Gold medal 16px.png - 612 pts
- Luboš Hájek - 110 pts, #1
- Michal Filip - 227 pts, #4
- Petr Opat - 275 pts, #6
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Silver medal 16px.png - 711 pts
- Wacław Wieczorek - 173 pts, #2
- Michał Wieczorek - 254 pts, #5
- Michał Bartler - 284 pts, #7
- File:Flag of France.svg France File:Bronze medal 16px.png - 1538 pts
- Patrick Bats - 429 pts, #12
- Eric Daspet - 505 pts, #15
- David Le Gentil - 604 pts, #23
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - 1849 pts
- Anton Tonninger, jr. - 565 pts, #18
- Wolfgang Schneckenreither - 596 pts, #22
- Paul Szameitat - 688, #28
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland - 3348 pts
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany - 3562 pts
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom - 3944 pts
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia - 4212 pts
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa - 5125 pts
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand - 6590 pts