15th FAI

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying aerospace vehicles from balloons to spacecraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles...

 World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 7 - July 14, 2002

2002 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2002:- Events :A depression in North American commercial aviation begins in the aftermath of economic recession and the September 11 attacks.-January:...

 in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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Uczestnicy

There were 54 competitors from Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 (5), Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 (5), Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 (5), South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 (5), Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 (5), Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 (5), France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (4), Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 (4), Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (3), Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 (3), Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 (2), United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 (2), Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 (2), Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 (1), Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 (1), Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 (1), Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 (1).

Most popular airplane was Cessna 150

Cessna 150

The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...

 (19 pilots), then Cessna 152

Cessna 152

The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use.-Development:...

 (15), Cessna 172

Cessna 172

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...

 (10), Zlin Z-43 (3), A-27M/MC (3), PZL-104M Wilga 2000

PZL-104 Wilga

PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...

 (2), PZL-104 Wilga

PZL-104 Wilga

PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...

 35 (1), Piper PA-18 (1). Numbers of aircraft participating were lower, because many pilots flew the same aircraft.

Individual

Place	Pilot	Country	Aircraft type	Reg. nr.	Penal points for: Observation + navigation + landings = total
1.	Luboš Hájek	Czech Republic	Cessna 152 Cessna 152 The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use.-Development:...	OK-IKF	80	43	21	= 144
2.	Janusz Darocha	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-FZY	80	141	32	= 253
3.	Predrag Crnko	Croatia	Cessna 150 Cessna 150 The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...	9A-CCH	120	157	20	= 297
4.	Krzysztof Wieczorek	Poland	PZL Wilga 35 PZL-104 Wilga PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...	SP-AGZ	165	100	47	= 312
5.	Nigel Hopkins	South Africa	Cessna 150 Cessna 150 The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...	OE-ATN	100	217	4	= 321
6.	Jiří Filip	Czech Republic	Cessna 152	OK-IKF	160	104	66	= 330
7.	Wacław Wieczorek	Poland	PZL Wilga 2000 PZL-104 Wilga PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...	SP-AHV	180	84	80	= 344
8.	Želimir Trifunović	Croatia	Cessna 150	9A-CCH	200	146	19	= 365
9.	Robert Verbančič	Slovenia	Cessna 152	S5-DMI	180	152	46	= 378
10.	Michal Filip	Czech Republic	Zlin Z-43	OK-FOH	120	208	53	= 381

Team

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

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

See also

• 14th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
• 16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
  16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
  16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 19 - July 24, 2004 in Herning in Denmark, altogether with the 14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship ....