15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

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).

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 practice
 * July 21 to July 26 - the 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
 * July 24 to July 26 - unofficial practice
 * July 26 - Final arrivals, opening briefing and opening ceremony
 * July 27 - Official practice
 * July 28 - Landing test
 * July 29 - First competition flight
 * July 30 - Second First competition flight
 * July 31 - Reserve day, awards giving and closing ceremony
 * August 1 - Departures

Individual
Pilot / navigator / country / aircraft / registration / observation + navigation + landings penalty points = total

Team
Two best crews were counted.


 * 1) 🇨🇿 czech republic - 394 (number of penalty points)
 * 2) 🇵🇱 poland - 460
 * 3) 🇫🇷 france - 476
 * 4) 🇪🇸 spain - 1010
 * 5) 🇦🇹 austria - 1700
 * 6) 🇬🇧 united kingdom - 1756
 * 7) 🇭🇺 hungary - 2226
 * 8) 🇩🇪 germany - 2256
 * 9) 🇿🇦 south africa - 2526
 * 10) 🇨🇱 chile - 2546
 * 11) 🇬🇷 greece - 3956
 * 12) 🇮🇹 italy - 4760
 * 13) 🇷🇺 russia - 4956
 * 14) 🇨🇾 cyprus - 8860
 * 15) 🇮🇱 israel - 9574