15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 26 – July 31, 2006 in Troyes in France, altogether with the 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship (July 21–26).
Contents
There were 65 crews from France (8), Poland (6), Czech Republic (5), United Kingdom (5), Spain (5), Hungary (5), South Africa (5), Russia (4), Austria (3), Germany (3), Greece (3), Italy (3), Chile (3), Cyprus (2), Israel (2), Slovakia (1), Portugal (1) and 1 mixed.
Most popular airplane was Cessna 152 (31 crews) and Cessna 172 (25), then DR400 (4), Cessna 150 (3), 3Xtrim (2), PZL Wilga 2000 (2), Glastar (1), HB-23 (1), Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee (1), DV-20 (1) (these numbers of aircraft are initial, while number of participating crews was in fact lower - 65).
Contest
July 15 and July 17 to July 21 - unofficial practiceJuly 21 to July 26 - the 17th FAI World Precision Flying ChampionshipJuly 24 to July 26 - unofficial practiceJuly 26 - Final arrivals, opening briefing and opening ceremonyJuly 27 - Official practiceJuly 28 - Landing testJuly 29 - First competition flightJuly 30 - Second First competition flightJuly 31 - Reserve day, awards giving and closing ceremonyAugust 1 - DeparturesIndividual
Pilot / navigator / country / aircraft / registration / observation + navigation + landings penalty points = total
Team
Two best crews were counted.
- Czech Republic - 394 (number of penalty points)
- Poland - 460
- France - 476
- Spain - 1010
- Austria - 1700
- United Kingdom - 1756
- Hungary - 2226
- Germany - 2256
- South Africa - 2526
- Chile - 2546
- Greece - 3956
- Italy - 4760
- Russia - 4956
- Cyprus - 8860
- Israel - 9574