13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between 26 July 3 August 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

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First navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF - 324 penal points
  2. Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller FRA - 344 pts
  3. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek POL - 418 pts

Second navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF - 166 pts
  2. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard FRA - 538 pts
  3. M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev RUS - 576 pts

Third navigation competition:

  1. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip CZE - 168 pts
  2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz POL - 188 pts
  3. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman ZAF - 188 pts

Results

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Individual

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Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings

1.Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF350 + 192 + 210 = 752
2.Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz POL575 + 580 + 250 = 1405
3.Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard FRA900 + 356 + 200 = 1456
4.Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier FRA550 + 738 + 360 = 1648
5.Jiří Filip / Michal Filip CZE650 + 806 + 210 = 1666
6.Petr Opat / Václav Pojer CZE1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766
7.Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny AUT800 + 788 + 200 = 1788
8.Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek POL775 + 856 + 180 = 1811
9.Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman ZAF1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842
10.Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet FRA850 + 868 + 240 = 1958

Team

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Counted two best crews (number of penal points):

  1. ZAF - 2594
  2. FRA - 3104
  3. POL - 3216
  4. CZE - 3432
  5. AUT - 5466
  6. GBR - 5954
  7. ESP - 6244
  8. DEU - 6706
  9. CHL - 8791
  10. RUS - 11097
  11. GRC - 20414

Trivia

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It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.

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