FAI World Championship 1956 in class F1C Power

Held at Cranfield, UK from August 3rd to 6th

Flight times are given in each of the 5 rounds in seconds. Competitors in the flyoff have total time shown and each flyoff round time preceded by + .

Individual results

1  R Draper                   GBR   900 + 330
2  D Posner                   GBR   900 + 292
3  L H Conover (Lanfranchi)   USA   900 + 255
4  E Fresi                    YUG  180 180 180 177 180   897
5  C Bergamaschi              ITA  180 175 180 180 180   895
6  J Thompson                 IRL  173 180 180 180 180   893
7  G Fiks                     NED  180 156 180 180 180   876
8  R Schenker                 SUI  180 180 152 176 180   868
9  Frau M Rudolph             BRD  180 180 154 161 180   855
10 A Morelli                  IRL  131 171 178 180 180   840
11 T Asano (P Manville)       JPN  141 180 146 180 180   827
12 M Gaster                   GBR  180  78 180 180 180   798
13 W F Huffman (C Coughlin)   USA  163 174 122 150 171   780
14 J Masek                    CS   180 180 180  94 142   776
15 J Eisen (F Mcnulty)        CAN  180 180 166 136 110   772
16 M Pfenninger               SUI  110 180 125 180 176   771
17 R Sladek (V Jays)          USA  180 144  86 180 180   770
18 L Bausch                   NED  142 113 165 180 169   769
19 L Pienk                    BRD  180 115 147 180 143   765
20 J Siongers                 BEL  180 125 124 180 153   762
21 S Osterholm                FIN  180 180 113 121 152   746
22 G Hormano                  AUT   29 176 180 180 180   745
23 R Cerny                    CS   162  42 180 180 180   744
24 H O Friis                  SWE   21 177 180 180 180   738
25 S Ranta (J Bickerstaffe)   CAN  180 180   0 180 180   720
26 H Domberger                AUT  180 140 106 145 144   715
27 A Teunissen                NED  140 180 105 150 135   710
28 V Hajek                    CS   168 180 180   0 180   708
29 G Upson                    GBR  110 163 115 180 116   684
30 H Houtrelle                BEL  111 108 123 180 133   655
31 W Hutjes                   NED  103 131 153 133 128   648
32 P Manninen (Jaaskenlainen) FIN  180 118  94  86 159   637
33 H Raulio                   FIN   95 125 148  72 180   620
34 L Ruzek                    CS   119 136 118 137 109   619
35 D Woods                    IRL  110  98  56 180 173   617
36 D Zigic                    YUG    0 180 133 170 122   605
37 H Leppert                  BRD  180  68 144 145  48   585
38 E Hoyer                    AUT  163 103 158 110   0   534
39 R S B Baker                AUS   85  77 137  87 134   520
40 R Zapata                   ITA  180   0 105 104 128   517
41 G Lippens                  BEL   95  94  88 104 123   504
42 R Hagel                    SWE  140 180   0   0 157   477
43 L Leane                    BEL    0 180  92 102  88   462
44 P Grunbaum                 AUT   98 111  87  74  77   447
45 Montif                     ITA   81  94  68  99  87   429
46 B Gunic                    YUG   87   0 158 180   0   425
47 V Kmoch                    YUG   33 180   0  82 103   398
48 H Lorimer (G French)       CAN   18  80  93 103  83   377
49 W Hamma                    BRD  180 180   0   0   0   360
50 W Etherington (J Done)     CAN   72  71  71  92   0   306
51 R Bacchi                   ITA  180  24   0   0   0   204
52 F Maibach                  SUI  180   0   0   0   0   180
53 W Hartill (N Green)        USA  143  21   0   0   0   164
54 D Browne                   IRL   30   0   0   0   0    30
Number of maximums                  23  20  13  22  19
Number of full scores               23  11   5   3   3

Team Results

Country Abbreviation Total Team member places 1 Great Britain GBR 2598 1 2 12 2 USA USA 2450 3 13 17 3 Netherlands NED 2355 7 18 27 4 Ireland IRL 2350 6 10 35 5 Czechoslovakia CS 2228 14 23 28 6 Fed.Rep.Germany BRD 2205 9 19 37 7 Finland FIN 2003 21 32 33 8 Austria AUT 1994 22 26 38 9 Yugoslavia YUG 1927 4 36 46 10 Belgium BEL 1921 20 30 41 11 Canada CAN 1869 15 25 48 12 Italy ITA 1841 5 40 45 13 Switzerland SUI 1819 8 16 52 14 Sweden SWE 1215 24 42 15 Japan JPN 827 11 16 Australia AUS 520 39

This page produced by Ian Kaynes


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