Up in the Styrian Alps in Austria, 1900m above sea level, Austrian pilot Hannes Arch replaced the inflatable pylons that he's used to when competing in Red Bull Air Races, with fourteen wind turbines located at the wind farm Tauern Wind Park in Oberzeiring.
Another factor to think about when slaloming through the world's highest wind farm: nature. Red Bull Air Race courses are generally flat; and a course in the mountains is, as you can imagine, anything but flat.
"The challenge of this wind park, compared to air races, is it's in nature. It's not flat, so you're going up and down – it's in the middle of the mountains," Arch said.
Up and down, twisting and turning – all at 300kph! With so many dangerous factors coming into play, it's understandable why Hannes Arch is the first pilot to achieve such a crazy aerobatic stunt. It's incredible that this all happened – and you can tell from Arch's smiling face at the end of the video that he was beyond stoked to finally check this dream off the list.
Via Holy Kaw.