Airshow pilot killed when stunt plane crashes at Virginia Air Force base
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A stunt plane crashed at Langley Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, killing accomplished aerobatic pilot Rob Holland.
AccordingtotheNationalTransportationSafetyBoard,officialswereinvestigatingthecrashofhis“experimentalMXAircraftMXS”nearHampton,Virginia.
Whatweknow:
OfficialstoldWTKRthatthecrashhappenedatLangleyAirForceBaseduringthestuntplane’slandingapproach.
RobHolland’sdeathwaslaterconfirmedonhissocialmediaaccounts.
FILE–LangleyAirForceBasegateonTuesday,Nov.12,2019,inHampton,Virginia.(KaitlinMcKeown/DailyPress/TribuneNewsServiceviaGettyImages)
AnMXAircraftMXSisasingle-seat“aerobatic”planethat’sfrequentlyusedinairshows.The2025AirPowerOverHamptonRoadsairshowisscheduledforthisweekendatJointBaseLangley-Eustis.
Whatwedon’tknow:
It’sunclearwhatcausedthecrash.
AnNTSBinvestigatorisexpectedtoarriveattheairforcebaseonFriday.
Whatthey’resaying:
ApostonHolland’sverifiedFaceb
