Hannes Arch
Hannes Arch | |
|---|---|
 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 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series season following a round of qualification held in Phoenix, Arizona during October 2006.[1] He joined 13 other pilots, 2 of them also receiving entry after the Arizona qualifying. 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 during a helicopter crash in the Austrian Alps during a helicopter delivery of goods to a remote mountain cabin, the Elberfelder Hütte. Shortly after takeoff at about 9:15pm, 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 runs an Alpine hut which Arch had delivered supplies to. The German was seriously injured in the crash but survived.
Hannes Arch was buried in the company of his closest relatives in Troifaiach on 13 September 2016.
He is survived by his girlfriend, Miriam.
Red Bull Air Race
 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 |
 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 |
 Japan11 |
Croatia 1 |
Hungary 1 |
United Kingdom 8 |
Austria 12 |
 United States9 |
United States 5 |
34 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2016 | United Arab Emirates DSQ |
Austria 2 |
Japan 6 |
Hungary 2 |
United Kingdom 3 |
Germany 5 |
United States DNP |
United States DNP |
41 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Legend:
- *Season Still In Progress
- CAN: Cancelled
- DNP: Did not participate
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNS: Did not show
- DQ: Disqualified
- NC: Not classified
See also
References
External links
- Air-races.com profile
- Aerobatics website with Hannes Arch videos
- Red Bull Air Race World Series official website
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