Hannes Arch
Austrian pilot (1967–2016)
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- 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.
- Life Hannes Arch was born in Leoben, Austria in 1967.
- Since the 2007 season, the state-certified mountain and ski guide has been the first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, after winning a qualifying round in Phoenix (Arizona) in October 2006.
- He achieved this for the first time in his second race in Rio de Janeiro on April 21, finishing fourth and scoring 3 points.
- His second season in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2008 was much more successful: in the first five competitions, Arch achieved two second and third places as well as a fourth place, before achieving his first victory at the competition in Budapest on 19 and 20 August.
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. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season.
Life
Hannes Arch was born in Leoben, Austria in 1967. He grew up in Trofaiach, attended the BORG Eisenerz and most recently lived in the city of Salzburg. Since the 2007 season, the state-certified mountain and ski guide has been the first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, after winning a qualifying round in Phoenix (Arizona) in October 2006.
He contested his first race in the series on 6 April 2007 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), where he did not make it past the qualifying round. He achieved this for the first time in his second race in Rio de Janeiro on April 21, finishing fourth and scoring 3 points. However, he did not score any further points during the rest of the season, which meant he finished 10th overall.
His second season in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2008 was much more successful: in the first five competitions, Arch achieved two second and third places as well as a fourth place, before achieving his first victory at the competition in Budapest on 19 and 20 August. After also winning the competition in Porto, he took the lead in the overall standings. On 1 November 2008, he was crowned World Champion of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Perth, Australia, with victory in qualifying.
Arch started the 2009 season with a victory in the first event of the season in Abu Dhabi; he achieved four podium places in six events during the season, never finished lower than fourth and ended the year as runner-up behind Paul Bonhomme.
Like most of the pilots in the series, he flew a Zivko Edge 540.
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