11th FAI

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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 World Rally Flying Championship took place between September 4 - September 12, 1999 in Ravenna

Ravenna

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 in Italy

Italy

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There were 48 crews from 16 countries: 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...

 (5), South Africa

South Africa

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 (5), Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 (5), 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...

 (4), 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....

 (4), Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 (4), 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...

 (4), 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...

 (4), United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 (2), Greece

Greece

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 (2), 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...

 (2), Spain

Spain

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 (2), Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 (2), Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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 (2), Slovenia

Slovenia

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 (1), Cyprus

Cyprus

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 (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

Individual (10 best)

#	Pilot / navigator	Country	Aircraft	Penal points for 1st / 2nd / 3rd competition = total
1.	Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek	Poland		124 + 128 + 4	256
2.	Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz	Poland		102 + 120 + 200	422
3.	Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk	South Africa		96 + 192 + 332	620
4.	František Cihlář / Petr Toužimský	Czech Republic		306 + 126 + 194	626
5.	Włodzimierz Skalik / Ryszard Michalski	Poland		225 + 94 + 312	631
6.	Jiři Jakes / Lubomir Šťovíček	Czech Republic		276 + 106 + 260	642
7.	Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier	France		166 + 464 + 71	701
8.	Marek Kachaniak / Sławomir Własiuk	Poland		267 + 236 + 310	813
9.	Philippe Odeon / Jean-Pierre Delmas	France		244 + 276 + 320	840
10.	Jerzy Markiewicz / Dariusz Zawłocki	Poland		320 + 476 + 65	861

Team

Two best crews were counted (amount 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.  Republic of Macedonia - 9198
12.  Russia - 9295
13.  Greece - 9876
14.  Chile - 11952
15.  Cyprus - 12740

External links

• 11th FAI World Rally Flying Championship