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.
There were 61 competitors from Poland, Czech Republic, France, South Africa, Austria, United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Lithuania, Germany, Slovenia, Cyprus.
Most popular airplane was Cessna 152, then Cessna 150, Cessna 172, 3Xtrim. There were also single pilots flying Glastar, PZL Wilga 2000, Piper J-3, MS-880 and HB-23.

Contest

On July 23 there was a landing competition, in which the first place was taken by Ron Stirk, the second and third by Anton Tonninger and Burkard Ryska.
In the first navigation test on July 24, the first place was taken by Krzysztof Wieczorek, the second by Petr Opat, the third by Wacław Wieczorek.
On July 25 there was the last, second navigation competition, in which the first two places were taken by the Poles: Janusz Darocha and Wacław Wieczorek, then Jiri Filip.
The first three places were taken by the Poles, the next by the Czechs, including Jiří and Michel Filip brothers on the 4th and 5th place.

Results

Individual:
Competitor / country / aircraft / registration / 1st + 2nd + 3rd test penalty points = total
Team:
  1. - 767 pts
  2. - 930 pts
  3. - 1268 pts
  4. - 2598 pts
  5. - 2878 pts
  6. - 3133 pts
  7. - 4629 pts
  8. - 6272 pts
  9. - 6978 pts