US EditionNTSB investigating after experimental plane crashes at Langley Air Force Base
- An experimental aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, on April 24 at 11:50 a.m. Local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
- Rob Holland, a renowned aerobatic pilot, died in the crash while preparing for the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show this weekend.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash and will examine the pilot, aircraft, and operating environment.
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NTSB investigating why famed pilot crashed beside runway days before he was to perform at airshow
By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The investigator leading the probe into Thursday’s crash that killed champion aerobatic pilot Rob Holland at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia says he was “coming in to land on runway 8,” but it is unclear “why he lost control and impacted terrain beside the runway.” Holland was
Rob Holland, aerobatic air show pilot, dies in crash at Langley Air Force Base - The Boston Globe
The pilot, a 1997 graduate of Daniel Webster College in N.H., has said he fell in love with aerial tricks as a boy, when he saw a plane flying upside down at an air show.
NTSB investigating crash that killed famed acrobatic pilot
A National Transportation Safety Board investigator is now on the scene of the crash that killed famed pilot Rob Holland Thursday at Langley Air Force base, where he was set to perform this weekend in the Air Power Over Hampton…
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