Hannes Arch

Hannes Arch ( born September 22, 1967 in Leoben ) is an Austrian aerobatic pilot.

Biography

He grew up in Trofaiach and currently lives in the city of Innsbruck. Since the 2007 season was the state-certified mountain and ski guides the first Austrian participants in the Red Bull Air Race Series after he was able to prevail in Phoenix (Arizona ) in a qualifying round in October 2006.

His first race in the series, he played on April 6, 2007 in Abu Dhabi ( UAE), where he did not make it past the qualification. This, he succeeded in his second race in Rio de Janeiro on April 21: He reached the fourth place and thus three points. However, in the rest of the season he scored no further points, which he was ranked 10 in the overall standings.

Much more successful was his second season in the Red Bull Air Race Series in 2008: In the first five competitions Arch flown to two per second, and third and fourth place before the competition in Budapest on 19 and 20 August his first victory could achieve. After he could also stop the competition in Porto victorious, he took the lead in the overall standings. On 1 November 2008, he was crowned in Perth, Australia with the victory in qualifying for the World Champion of the Red Bull Air Race Series 2008.

In the 2009 season Arch started with a victory in the first season competition in Abu Dhabi; He won six competitions in the season four podium finishes, was never worse than fourth and finished the year as runner-up behind Paul Bonhomme.

He flies like the majority of the pilots of the series a Zivko Edge 540

Arch has further made ​​a name in the Base Jumping and caused quite a stir when he in 2000 a base jump from the Eiger North Face and performed together with Ueli Gegenschatz 2003 by the Matterhorn north face.