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National Free Flight Society


FAI World Championship Indoor class F1D 1962

Held at Cardington, Great Britain from September 21 to 23
Flight times are given for each of the 6 rounds in ‘min.sec’ form. Note that * indicates the best time recorded, + marks the second best time, together these add to give the contest time given in the right hand column

Individual results

RankNameCountryround 1round 2round 3round 4round 5round 6round 7Total
1Karl-Heinz RiekeBRD41.3943.0845.40*38.5039.190.00–88.48
2Max HacklingerBRD34.1337.4242.40+36.3443.37*39.38–86.17
3Carl RedlinUSA38.43+34.2345.17*34.3327.0537.40–84.00
4Ron DraperGBR40.44*0.0724.5033.5535.48+25.33–76.32
5Klaus HewellBRD30.0335.07*33.54+0.1825.0932.03–69.01
6Ray MonksGBR28.3133.03+21.2626.5134.36*32.50–67.39
7Esko HamalainenFIN32.57+34.05*12.280.190.000.00–67.02
8Antal EgriHUN32.25+34.01*30.5717.5822.1625.35–66.26
9Geza VarszegiHUN16.3627.1230.49*23.3323.3028.20+–59.09
10William BiggeUSA8.1730.21*21.1925.119.2128.08+–58.29
11Ted Malkin (proxy: E Thorpe)NZL19.2522.0128.03*24.5325.04+24.09–53.07
12Reg ParhamGBR26.44*23.5425.46+11.2619.3725.20–52.30
13Dick KowalskiUSA32.46*11.3918.2519.33+11.310.00–52.19
14Harri RaulioFIN22.56+17.5327.23*1.031.0314.55–50.19
15Arto TauriaFIN0.0610.3127.04*0.0723.13+7.29–50.17
16Zoltan OcsodiHUN15.040.2523.01*17.10+0.100.34–40.11
Additional Statistics
No. of best flights in round347020  
No. of 2nd flights in round423232  
No. of scoring flights in round7610252  
No. of flights over 30 min88644434
No. of flights over 35 min33323216
No. of flights over 40 min2130107
Longest single flight
45.40 by Karl-Heinz Rieke

team results

Rank Country Abbreviation Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
1 Fed. Rep. Germany BRD 244.06 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Great Britain GBR 196.41 2 3 3 3 2 2
3 USA USA 194.48 3 2 2 2 3 3
4 Finland FIN 167.38 5 5 5 5 4 4
5 Hungary HUN 165.46 4 4 4 4 5 5
6 New Zealand NZL 53.07 6 6 6 6 6 6