18th 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 13 - July 19, 2008 in Ried im Innkreis

Ried im Innkreis

Ried im Innkreis is a town in the state of Upper Austria in Austria, approximately 70 km west of Linz and 60 km north of Salzburg...

 in 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...

, altogether with the 16th FAI World Rally Flying Championship (July 20-26).

There were 62 competitors from 13 countries: 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....

 (10), 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...

 (9), 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...

 (9), 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...

 (6), 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...

 (6), 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...

 (4), 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...

 (4), New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 (3), 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), 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....

 (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...

 (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....

 (2), 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...

 (1).

Most numerous airplane was 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:...

 (31 pilots), then 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...

 (16) and 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:...

 (6). There were also two Glastars and Zlin Z-43's, single Zlin Z-42, 3Xtrim, Piper PA-18, HB-23

HB-Flugtechnik HB-23

|-See also:-References:* Coates, Andrew. “Jane's World Sailplanes & Motor Gliders new edition”. London, Jane's. 1980. ISBN 0-7106-0017-8-External links:* *...

 and Van's RV-7A

Van's Aircraft RV-7

-See also:-External links:*...

 (the numbers of aircraft participating was lower, for some pilots flew the same aircraft).

Individual

#	Pilot	Country	Aircraft type	Reg. nr.	Penal points for: navigation + reconnaissance + 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-NAV	18	70	22	= 110
2.	Wacław Wieczorek	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-AKP	78	40	55	= 173
3.	Robert Verbančič	Slovenia	Cessna 152	S5-DMI	89	40	61	= 190
4.	Michal Filip	Czech Republic	Cessna 152	OK-IKH	60	140	27	= 227
5.	Michał Wieczorek	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-KWW	157	80	17	= 254
6.	Petr Opat	Czech Republic	Cessna 152	OK-NAV	93	160	22	= 275
7.	Michał Bartler	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-KCH	96	120	68	= 284
8.	Frantisek Cihlar	Czech Republic	Cessna 152	OK-IKC	132	140	42	= 314
9.	Janusz Darocha	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-AKP	197	80	53	= 330
10.	Bolesław Radomski	Poland	Cessna 152	SP-KCH	231	130	42	= 403

Team

Number of penal points and place of three best competitors:

1.  Czech Republic - 612 pts
   1. Luboš Hájek - 110 pts, #1
   2. Michal Filip - 227 pts, #4
   3. Petr Opat - 275 pts, #6
2.  Poland - 711 pts
   1. Wacław Wieczorek - 173 pts, #2
   2. Michał Wieczorek - 254 pts, #5
   3. Michał Bartler - 284 pts, #7
3.  Early Modern France - 1538 pts
   1. Patrick Bats - 429 pts, #12
   2. Eric Daspet - 505 pts, #15
   3. David Le Gentil - 604 pts, #23
4.  Austria - 1849 pts
   1. Anton Tonninger, jr. - 565 pts, #18
   2. Wolfgang Schneckenreither - 596 pts, #22
   3. Paul Szameitat - 688, #28
5.  Switzerland - 3348 pts
6.  Germany - 3562 pts
7.  United Kingdom - 3944 pts
8.  Russia - 4212 pts
9.  South Africa - 5125 pts
10.  New Zealand - 6590 pts

See also

• 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
  17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
  17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 21–26, 2006 in Troyes in France, altogether with the 15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship ....
  
  
• 16th FAI World Rally Flying Championship