NORFOLK, Va. — Rob Holland, a famed aerobatic pilot who wowed airshow crowds and championship judges with tight spirals, meticulous loops and inventive sequences in the sky, has died in a plane crash.

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Rob Holland, a famed aerobatic pilot who wowed airshow crowds and championship judges with tight spirals, meticulous loops and inventive sequences in the sky, has died in a plane crash. He was 50.

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, pilots Jack Knutson, flying an Extra 300 S, center left in red, and Rob Holland, flying a MX2, pass over downtown Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ...

'This is figure skating in the sky' Propeller planes growled across the sky as they performed a set of tight maneuvers for the judges below at the 2017 Michigan Aerobatic Open on Saturday, July 8, at ...

The impact area where Kelly's RV-7A crashed in 2013. (NTSB photo) HAMILTON TWP. — Anthony Kelly was pushing the envelope of his Vans RV-7A when an aerobatic maneuver led to the breakup of his ...

STUART — A plane crash before the 2019 Audi Stuart Air Show that killed the 59-year-old physician pilot was attributed to his “improper recovery from a low-altitude aerobatic maneuver,” according to ...

Bob Carlton’s small yellow jet streaked across the blue sky above Lake Dillon Reservoir, leaving loops of smoke behind as it twisted through a series of maneuvers. The bright, nimble plane is one of ...

Autonomous helicopters offer a highly maneuverable and versatile platform in scenarios like disaster relief operations, but programming these machines to perform complex aerobatics is a formidable ...

Click to open image viewer. The Sukhoi Design Bureau, makers of Soviet and Russian military aircraft, designed the Su-26 in 1983 for unlimited aerobatic competition. The Su-26M is made of more than 50 ...

A preliminary report for the Sept. 13 plane crash at Groton Municipal Airport indicates the pilot might have been attempting a low-altitude aerobatic maneuver at the time of the wreck. The 11 a.m.