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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

No. Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Total
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 6 37 29 25 18

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