Hannes Arch

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]

Hannes Arch
Arch in 2010
Born(1967-09-22)22 September 1967
Leoben, Styria, Austria
Died8 September 2016(2016-09-08) (aged 48)
Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Carinthia, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Websitehannesarch.com

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 Arch
at the Red Bull Air Race World Series
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
9th		 3 0 10th
2008
2nd
4th
3rd
CAN
2nd
3rd
1st
1st
CAN
3rd		 61 2 1st
2009
1st
3rd
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		  Japan
11		  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
  1. Red Bull Air Race Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://kaernten.orf.at/news/stories/2795622/ (German)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mike Mangold		 Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion
2008		 Succeeded by
Paul Bonhomme


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