11th FAI World Rally Flying Championship explained

11th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between September 4–12, 1999 in Ravenna in Italy.

There were 48 crews from 16 countries: Poland (5), South Africa (5), Italy (5), France (4), Czech Republic (4), Slovakia (4), Austria (4), Germany (4), United Kingdom (2), Greece (2), Russia (2), Spain (2), Chile (2), Republic of Macedonia (2), Slovenia (1), Cyprus (1).

Contest

First navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk South Africa - 96 penal points
  2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz Poland - 102 pts
  3. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek Poland - 124 pts

Second navigation competition:

  1. Włodzimierz Skalik / Ryszard Michalski Poland - 166 pts
  2. Jiři Jakes / Lubomir Šťovíček Czech Republic - 106 pts
  3. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz Poland - 120 pts

Third navigation competition:

  1. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek Poland - 4 pts
  2. Jerzy Markiewicz / Dariusz Zawłocki Poland - 65 pts
  3. Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier France - 71 pts

Results

Individual (10 best)

Pilot / navigatorCountryAircraftPenal points for 1st / 2nd / 3rd competition = total
bgcolor=gold1.Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek Poland124 + 128 + 4 256
bgcolor=silver2.Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz Poland102 + 120 + 200422
3.Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk South Africa96 + 192 + 332 620
4.František Cihlář / Petr Toužimský Czech Republic306 + 126 + 194 626
5.Włodzimierz Skalik / Ryszard Michalski Poland225 + 94 + 312 631
6.Jiři Jakes / Lubomir Šťovíček Czech Republic276 + 106 + 260 642
7.Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier France166 + 464 + 71 701
8.Marek Kachaniak / Sławomir Własiuk Poland267 + 236 + 310 813
9. Philippe Odeon / Jean-Pierre Delmas244 + 276 + 320 840
10.Jerzy Markiewicz / Dariusz Zawłocki Poland320 + 476 + 65861

Team

Two best crews were counted (number of penal points):

  1. Poland - 678
  2. Czech Republic - 1268
  3. France - 1541
  4. South Africa - 2178
  5. Austria - 2554
  6. Germany - 2570
  7. United Kingdom - 3459
  8. Italy - 3972
  9. Slovakia - 4752
  10. Spain - 6629
  11. Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of - 9198
  12. Russian Federation - 9295
  13. Greece - 9876
  14. Chile - 11952
  15. Cyprus - 12740

Trivia

All five Polish crews took places in the best ten.

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