15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship

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15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 7 - July 14, 2002 in Zagreb in Croatia.

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Uczestnicy

There were 54 competitors from Czech Republic (5), Poland (5), Croatia (5), South Africa (5), Austria (5), Russia (5), France (4), Slovakia (4), Germany (3), Denmark (3), Slovenia (2), United Kingdom (2), Cyprus (2), Sweden (1), Norway (1), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1).

Most popular airplane was Cessna 150 (19 pilots), then Cessna 152 (15), Cessna 172 (10), Zlin Z-43 (3), A-27M/MC (3), PZL-104M Wilga 2000 (2), PZL-104 Wilga 35 (1), [1] Piper PA-18 (1). Numbers of aircraft participating were lower, because many pilots flew the same aircraft.

Results

Individual

PlacePilotCountryAircraft typeReg. nr. [1] Penal points for:
Observation + navigation + landings = total
1.Luboš HájekFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Cessna 152 OK-IKF804321= 144
2.Janusz DarochaFlag of Poland.svg  POL Cessna 152SP-FZY8014132= 253
3.Predrag Crnko Flag of Croatia.svg  HRV Cessna 150 9A-CCH12015720= 297
4.Krzysztof WieczorekFlag of Poland.svg  POL PZL Wilga 35 [1] SP-AGZ16510047= 312 [2]
5.Nigel HopkinsFlag of South Africa.svg  ZAF Cessna 150 OE-ATN1002174= 321
6.Jiří FilipFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Cessna 152OK-IKF16010466= 330
7.Wacław WieczorekFlag of Poland.svg  POL PZL Wilga 2000 SP-AHV1808480= 344
8.Želimir TrifunovićFlag of Croatia.svg  HRV Cessna 1509A-CCH20014619= 365
9.Robert VerbančičFlag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Cessna 152S5-DMI18015246= 378
10.Michal FilipFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Zlin Z-43 OK-FOH12020853= 381

Team

Counted three best pilots (number of penal points and place)

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic - 855 pts
    1. Lubos Hajek - 144 pts, #1,
    2. Jiří Filip - 330 pts, #6,
    3. Michal Filip - 381 pts, #10
  2. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland - 909 pts
    1. Janusz Darocha - 253 pts, #2
    2. Krzysztof Wieczorek - 312 pts, #4,
    3. Wacław Wieczorek - 344 pts, #7
  3. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia - 1544 pts
    1. Predrag Crnko - 297 pts, #3,
    2. Želimir Trifunović - 365 pts, #8,
    3. Andrej Bagar - 882 pts, #27
  4. Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa - 2076 pts
    1. Nigel Hopkins - 321 pts, #5
    2. Adrian Pilling - 565 pts, #15
    3. Barry De Groot - 1190 pts, #32
  5. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria - 2322 pts
  6. Flag of France.svg  France - 2547 pts
  7. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany - 3214 pts
  8. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark - 5529 pts
  9. Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia - 5673 pts
  10. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia - 7926 pts

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References

  1. 1 2 3 According to Jiří DODAL: TRIUMF ČESKÝCH PILOTŮ V ZAGREBU - no information on FAI page
  2. ↑ Results of Krzysztof Wieczorek according to "8". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-08-09. - no data on FAI site

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