13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between 26 July – 3 August 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). 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 = Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings = Counted two best crews (number 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 It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles. Official page 13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship