13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 26 - August 3, 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
First navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk
ZAF - 324 penal points
- Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller
FRA - 344 pts
- Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek
POL - 418 pts
Second navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk
ZAF - 166 pts
- Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard
FRA - 538 pts
- M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev
RUS - 576 pts
Third navigation competition:
- Jiří Filip / Michal Filip
CZE - 168 pts
- Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz
POL - 188 pts
- Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman
ZAF - 188 pts
Results
Individual
Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings
1. | Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk | ![]() | 350 + 192 + 210 = 752 |
2. | Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz | ![]() | 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405 |
3. | Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard | ![]() | 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456 |
4. | Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier | ![]() | 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648 |
5. | Jiří Filip / Michal Filip | ![]() | 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666 |
6. | Petr Opat / Václav Pojer | ![]() | 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766 |
7. | Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny | ![]() | 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788 |
8. | Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek | ![]() | 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811 |
9. | Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman | ![]() | 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842 |
10. | Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet | ![]() | 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958 |
Team
Counted two best crews (amount of penal points):
ZAF - 2594
FRA - 3104
POL - 3216
CZE - 3432
AUT - 5466
GBR - 5954
ESP - 6244
DEU - 6706
CHL - 8791
RUS - 11097
GRC - 20414
Trivia
It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.