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).

Contest
First navigation competition:
 * 1) Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk 🇿🇦 ZAF - 324 penal points
 * 2) Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller 🇫🇷 FRA - 344 pts
 * 3) Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek 🇵🇱 POL - 418 pts

Second navigation competition:
 * 1) Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk 🇿🇦 ZAF - 166 pts
 * 2) Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard 🇫🇷 FRA  - 538 pts
 * 3) M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev 🇷🇺 RUS  - 576 pts

Third navigation competition:
 * 1) Jiří Filip / Michal Filip 🇨🇿 CZE - 168 pts
 * 2) Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz 🇵🇱 POL - 188 pts
 * 3) Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman 🇿🇦 ZAF - 188 pts

Individual
Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings

Team
Counted two best crews (number of penal points):
 * 1) 🇿🇦 ZAF - 2594
 * 2) 🇫🇷 FRA - 3104
 * 3) 🇵🇱 POL - 3216
 * 4) 🇨🇿 CZE - 3432
 * 5) 🇦🇹 AUT - 5466
 * 6) 🇬🇧 GBR - 5954
 * 7) 🇪🇸 ESP - 6244
 * 8) 🇩🇪 DEU - 6706
 * 9) 🇨🇱 CHL - 8791
 * 10) 🇷🇺 RUS - 11097
 * 11) 🇬🇷 GRC - 20414

Trivia
It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.