Pilot Rob Holland remembered in NH after crash Share Copy Link Copy NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME FROM. WE HAVE A FLIGHT UNIFORM THAT ROB DONATED TO US IN STORAGE AT THE AVIATION MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE MOMENTS OF ROB HOLLAND’S PAST. THIS IS WHAT HE WOULD WEAR WHILE FLYING IN COMPETITION, OR JUST DOING AEROBATIC FLYING.

YESTERDAY, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HIS PLANE AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE IN VIRGINIA FOR AN AIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND, HIS PLANE CRASHED, KILLING HIM. WE ALL HAVE TO COPE WITH IT IN OUR OWN WAY. HOLLAND LOVED AVIATION FROM A YOUNG AGE.

HIS INSPIRATION FUELED BY TRICKS IN THE SKY. THOSE DREAMS BECOMING HIS REALITY. AFTER GRADUATING FROM DANIEL WEBSTER COLLEGE IN 1997, HIS FLYING CAREER TAKING HIM ACROSS THE WORLD AND BACK RIGHT HERE TO HIS HOME STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HIS CAREER, CAPTURED IN A 2019 VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBIT AT THE STATE’S AVIATION MUSEUM. HE WAS A REGULAR GUY, AND HE CHASED HIS DREAM IN A WAY THAT WAS UNUSUAL, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE TO TO HAVE THEIR CHILDHOOD DREAMS COME TRUE THE WAY HIS DID. THE MUSEUM HOPES THAT DOWN THE ROAD, THEY CAN MAKE THE EXHIBIT PERMANENT FOR PEOPLE TO HONOR A CAREER THAT WAS BIGGER THAN THE SKY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATS, AND HIS LOSS IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG