Rob Holland

Flying since the age of 18, Rob has accumulated over 8500 hours of flight time in over 156 different types of aircraft ranging from Piper Cubs to Regional Transport Aircraft, gliders to high performance aerobatic machines. Rob graduated from Daniel Webster College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degrees in both Aviation Management and Flight Operations and is rated as an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) with a Certified Flight and Ground Instructor (CFI, CFII, IGI, AGI) rating.  Rob has had a diverse aviation career including: flight instructor, banner tow pilot, aircraft ferry pilot, Pilatus PC-12 corporate pilot, and commuter airline pilot. He currently works full time both domestically and abroad as a professional airshow pilot and aerobatic flight instructor. (Check out www.ultimateairshows.com)

Rob is the current Advanced World Aerobatic Champion, having achieved both personal and team gold at the 2008 AWAC in Pendleton, Oregon.  At home in world class competition, Rob is a three-time member of the United States Advanced Aerobatic Team and was the top placing American at the 2004 and 2006 Advanced World Aerobatic Championships (AWAC), finishing second overall in the world in 2006 in Radom, Poland . A two-time winner of the "Pitts Trophy", he is the Northeast Advanced Aerobatic Champion for 2003, 2004, and 2005 and has received multiple first place honors in aerobatic competitions both in the United States and Canada. He was the New England Competitor of the Year for 2002, 2003, and 2004.

Rob was voted to the Board of Directors of the International Aerobatic Club in 2006 and has also been designated by the FAA to be an Aviation Safety Counselor with a focus on aerobatic flight safety.

Carlos got his Private Pilot license at age 17 when he flew his first hours in the controls of a Piper Cub.  The grass-field/stick-and-rudder introduction was sufficient to hook him to aviation ever since. After years of experience as an Instrument Pilot, he got his Commercial and Flight Instructor certificates in 2005 and started flying sport aerobatics shortly after. In December 2006 he became an Aerobatic Instructor with Aerial Advantage. In 2008, Carlos earned the CFI-Aerobatic accreditation issued jointly by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and the International Aerobatic Club (IAC).

Carlos’ education background is in Civil Engineering and his interest focus on principles of Aerodynamics and the physics involved in any phase of flight, especially the dynamics of unusual attitudes and safe recovery, including spins and stalls.  Carlos believes that good understandings of the basic aerodynamic factors, along with the skills to control an airplane in any phase of flight, are imperative for a safe, competent pilot.

Sean has been involved in aviation for over 20 years, beginning in 1986 as a US Navy aircraft mechanic and crew chief, and becoming a pilot in 1999 and a flight instructor in 2002.  Sean is rated as an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) with over 2800 flight hours in more than 25 different aircraft from Piper Cubs to DC-3 airliners and has a diverse range of experience – from flying in mountain and remote jungle environments as a missionary pilot to teaching advanced upset and spin recovery and competition aerobatics. As a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI, IGI, AGI), Sean has given over 1200 hours of instruction.