Rob Holland (pilot)

In 2002, Rob Holland commenced his airshow career in a Pitts S-2C, which he also utilized for aerobatic instruction at Aerial Advantage Aviation, his flight school in Nashua, New Hampshire. He flew the aircraft in the advanced category at aerobatic competitions, winning several regional contests and qualifying for his first U.S. Aerobatic Team in 2003. Holland continued to fly the Pitts S-2C in competitions and airshows until 2005.

From 2005 to 2007, Holland flew the Ultimate 20-300S, a two-seat experimental aerobatic biplane with a high-powered AEIO-540 engine, in airshows and aerobatic competitions. He flew a borrowed single-seat version of the Ultimate (10-300S) at the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships (AWAC) in 2004 and 2006, earning a Silver medal finish in the 2006 competition.[18]

In 2007, Holland acquired an MX2 (serial number 002), which he flew in aerobatic competitions and airshows until 2011. He earned a Gold medal finish in the 2008 World Advanced Aerobatic Championships and his first U.S. National Aerobatic Freestyle title in the same year. Holland also qualified for the 2011 U.S. Unlimited Aerobatic Team while flying the MX2 in the 2010 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships.[19]

Currently, Holland's aerobatic aircraft of choice is the all-carbon-fiber MXS-RH, which he began flying in 2011. The MXS-RH is a one-of-a-kind, American designed, single-seat competition and airshow-ready aerobatic airplane, designed and built by MX Aircraft with modifications suggested by Holland himself. The aircraft is powered by a Lycoming AEIO-540 engine generating 380 horsepower and weighing a minimal 1200 pounds, allowing it to perform at an astonishing level, with the capability of pulling 16 positive and negative Gs and rolling at almost 500 degrees per second. Holland has won numerous World Aerobatic Freestyle Championships and eleven of his twelve U.S. Nationals Aerobatic Champion titles in the MXS, as well as eleven of his thirteen U.S. Nationals Aerobatic Freestyle Champion titles. The MXS-RH's outstanding performance has enabled Holland to execute innovative maneuvers unmatched on the airshow circuit. .

The Inside Tumble is an aerobatic maneuver in which the aircraft rotates around its lateral axis in a positive pitching motion while traveling along a ballistic path and yawed nearly 90 degrees to the relative wind.

While in level horizontal flight, the aircraft is rotated in the yaw axis 360 degrees (like a frisbee) and then continues along the same level horizontal flight path.

Similar to the Frisbee except the aircraft yaws 360 degrees in level inverted horizontal flight.

The "Nivek" is a collaborative creation involving American Aerobatic Pilot Kevin Coleman (https://www.facebook.com/TheKevinColeman/), whose name is spelled backwards in the maneuver's title. The Nivek begins with an aggressive pitch at the top of a vertical line, transitioning the aircraft to a level inverted flight. The aircraft is then pitched negatively 360 degrees in place, returning it to a level inverted attitude. After that, the aircraft performs a one and one-quarter rolling spin, finishing the maneuver inverted on a 45-degree down line.

The Forward Endo is a maneuver where the aircraft rapidly pitches nose downward along its lateral axis, rotating over 540 degrees around that same axis, all while giving the impression of being stationary in space. This maneuver is commonly used in figures like the "Cardiac Express" and the "Typhoon Tumble".

During the Rolling Spin, the aircraft is in a fully stalled state. It is simultaneously in a fully developed spin while also rolling around its longitudinal axis.