An award-winning stunt pilot died when his “experimental” plane crashed at a military base in Virginia while training for an upcoming airshow Aerobatics pilot Rob Holland was preparing for this weekend’s Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show when his custom MX Aircraft MXS crashed shortly before noon while landing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton.

A pilot was killed Thursday while attempting to land a civilian aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., base officials said. The crash happened at about 11:39 a.m. when the aircraft landed in preparation for the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show scheduled for the weekend.