Hannes Arch | |
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) Arch in 2010 | |
| Born | 22 September 1967 |
| Died | 8 September 2016 (aged 48) Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Carinthia, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Website | hannesarch.com |
Hannes Arch (22 September 1967 – 8 September 2016) was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016.[1] Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season.[2]
Early life
Hannes Arch was born in Leoben, Austria in 1967.
Death
Hannes Arch died on 8 September 2016 in a helicopter crash in the Austrian Alps during a helicopter supply flight to a remote mountain lodge, the Elberfelder Hut. Shortly after takeoff at about 9:15 p.m., the helicopter struck the side of a mountain.[3] Arch died of a broken neck, a passenger survived the crash. Arch was accompanied in the helicopter by the mountain hut's owner Reinhard B., a 62-year-old German who ran the Alpine hut which Arch had delivered supplies to. The German was seriously injured in the crash but survived.
Hannes Arch was buried at a funeral attended by his closest relatives in Trofaiach on 13 September 2016.
Red Bull X-Alps
Hannes made his mark on the paragliding scene inventing the grueling international competition known as the Red Bull X-Alps, taking the world's most elite paragliding pilots across the Alps from Austria to Monaco entirely by air or foot in a race against the clock. The event quickly gained a reputation as one of the world's toughest adventure races.
Red Bull Air Race Results
 Hannes Archat the Red Bull Air Race World Series | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Wins | Rank |
| 2007 |  DNQ |  4th |  10th |  11th |  CAN |  12th |  11th |  10th |  12th | 10th |  CAN | .svg.png){kind=small} 9th | 3 | 0 | 10th |
| 2008 | 2nd | 4th | 3rd |  CAN |  2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | CAN | 3rd | 61 | 2 | 1st | ||
| 2009 | 1st | 3rd | .svg.png){kind=small} 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 60 | 1 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2010 | 11th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th |  1st | CAN | CAN | 60 | 4 | 2nd | ||||
| 2014 | 2nd |  1st |  2nd |  1st | 8th | 8th | 5th |  4th | 53 | 1 | 2nd | ||||
| 2015 | United Arab Emirates 4 |  Japan11 | Croatia 1 | Hungary 1 | United Kingdom 8 | Austria 12 | United States 9 | United States 5 | 34 | 2 | 3rd | ||||
| 2016 | United Arab Emirates EX | Austria 2 | Japan 6 | Hungary 2 | United Kingdom 3 | Germany 5 | United States DNP | United States DNP | 41 | 0 | 3rd | ||||
Legend:
- CAN: Cancelled
- DNP: Did not participate
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNS: Did not show
- DQ: Disqualified
- NC: Not classified
See also
References
- ^ Red Bull Air Race Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://kaernten.orf.at/news/stories/2795622/ (German)
External links
- Air-races.com profile
- Aerobatics website with Hannes Arch videos
- Red Bull Air Race World Series official website
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Mike Mangold | Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion 2008 | Succeeded by Paul Bonhomme |