16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
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16th FAI
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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 World Precision Flying Championship
took place between July 19 - July 24, 2004 in Herning
Herning
Herning Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,336 km² and a total population of 84,208...

 in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, altogether with the 14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 14 - July 20, 2004 in Herning, Denmark, altogether with the 16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship ....

 (July 14-20).

There were 70 competitors from 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...

 (8), 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....

 (8), South Africa
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 (8), Denmark
Denmark
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 (8), Austria
Austria
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 (6), France
France
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 (5), Russia
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 (4), United Kingdom
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 (4), Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 (4), Norway
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 (4), Germany
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 (3), Finland
Finland
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 (3), Slovakia
Slovakia
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 (2), Switzerland
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 (2), Slovenia
Slovenia
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 (1).

Most numerous airplane was Cessna 150
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...

 (27), then Cessna 152
Cessna 152
The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use.-Development:...

 (23), Cessna 172
Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...

 (10). There were also two Glastar and Zlin Z-43's, single 3Xtrim
3Xtrim 3X55 Trener
|-See also:-References:*** 3Xtrim 3x55 & 3X47 aircraft line brochure 2006-External links:*...

, PZL Wilga 2000
PZL-104 Wilga
PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...

, Robin, Ikarus C42B
Ikarus C42
-See also:-External links:* * *...

, SAI KZ III
SAI KZ III
-See also:-External links:*...

, SOCATA Rallye
Socata Rallye
-Bibliography:* Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK: Blitz, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Taylor, John W R. . Jane's All the Worlds Aircraft 1976-77. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3....

.

Contest

On the July 19, 2004 there was an opening ceremony, on the next day an opening briefing and official practice.

On July 21 there was the first navigation competition, in which the first two places were taken by the Poles: Krzysztof Wieczorek (6 penalty points) and Marek Kachaniak (32 pts), the third by the Czech Petr Opat (33 pts).

On July 22 there was landings competition, won by Nathalie Strube (FRA, 4 pts) and Michał Bartler (POL, 4 pts), the third was Harri Vähämaa (FIN, 12 pts), all flying Cessna 152s. Krzysztof Wieczorek remained the leader in overall classification.

On July 23 there was the last, second navigation competition, in which the first three places were taken by the Poles: Krzysztof Wieczorek (24 pts), Wacław Wieczorek (Krzysztof's brother, 35 pts) and Zbigniew Chrząszcz ex aequo with Petr Opat (CZE, 41 pts).

On July 24 there was awards giving and closing ceremony.

Individual

# Pilot Country Aircraft type Registration no. Penalty points for:
Observation + navigation + landings = total
1. Krzysztof Wieczorek   Poland 3Xtrim 3X55 Trener
3Xtrim 3X55 Trener
|-See also:-References:*** 3Xtrim 3x55 & 3X47 aircraft line brochure 2006-External links:*...

 
SP-YEX 0 30 41 = 71
2. Petr Opat  Czech Republic Cessna 152
Cessna 152
The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use.-Development:...

 
OK-NAV 20 54 19 = 93
3. Wacław Wieczorek  Poland PZL Wilga 2000
PZL-104 Wilga
PZL-104 Wilga is a Polish designed and built short-takeoff-and-landing Civil Aviation utility aircraft manufactured by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie";...

 
SP-AHV 20 71 17 = 108
4. Marek Kachaniak  Poland Cessna 152 SP-KDM 20 86 16 = 122
5. Nigel Hopkins  South Africa Cessna 150
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...

 
OY-SUP 40 105 16 = 160
6. Michał Bartler  Poland Cessna 152 SP-FGX 60 102 4 = 166
7. Zbigniew Chrząszcz  Poland Cessna 152 SP-KDM 20 75 76 = 171
8. Jiří Jakeš  Czech Republic Cessna 152 OK-NAV 50 82 46 = 178
9. František Cihlář  Czech Republic Cessna 152 OK-IKC 60 62 66 = 188
10. Patrick Bats  France Cessna 152 F-GDDM 100 36 55 = 191

Team

Number of penalty points and place of three best competitors
  1.  Poland - 301 pts
    1. Krzysztof Wieczorek - 71 pts, #1
    2. Wacław Wieczorek - 108 pts, #3
    3. Marek Kachaniak - 122 pts, #4
  2.  Czech Republic - 459 pts
    1. Petr Opat - 93 pts, #2
    2. Jiří Jakeš - 178 pts, #8
    3. František Cihlář - 188 pts, #9
  3.  Early Modern France - 820 pts
    1. Patrick Bats - 191 pts, #10
    2. Nathalie Strube - 311 pts, #18
    3. Joël Tremblet - 318 pts, #21
  4.  Denmark - 1308 pts
    1. Hans Birkholm - 288 pts, #16
    2. Allan Hansen - 420 pts, #26
    3. Kurt Gabs - 600 pts, #36
  5.  Sweden - 1335 pts
  6.  Austria - 1647 pts
  7.  South Africa - 1929 pts
  8.  United Kingdom - 2314 pts
  9.  Norway - 2413 pts
  10.  Germany - 2461 pts
  11.  Russia - 3524 pts
  12.  Finland - 6482 pts

See also

  • 15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
    15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
    15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 7 - July 14, 2002 in Zagreb in Croatia.-Uczestnicy:There were 54 competitors from Czech Republic , Poland , Croatia , South Africa , Austria , Russia , France , Slovakia , Germany , Denmark , Slovenia , United Kingdom , Cyprus ,...

  • 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
    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 ....

  • 14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
    14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
    14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between July 14 - July 20, 2004 in Herning, Denmark, altogether with the 16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship ....

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