Hannes Arch

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. He joined 13 other pilots, 2 of them also receiving entry after the Arizona qualifying. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season.

Hannes Arch was born in Leoben, Austria in 1967.

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. 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.

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	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