The MXS is a single-seat aerobatic aircraft made of carbon fiber and built by MX Aircraft Company, a manufacturer located at

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. The MXS-R is a race variant flown by several pilots in the

Red Bull Air Race World Championship The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and created by Red Bull GmbH, the event involves competitors navigating a ...

. The planes are all-composite in construction, piston-powered, low-wing monoplanes. They are produced both in kit form for amateur construction, and completed ready to fly at the factory. The MXS has won an entire decade of US Nationals Aerobatic Championships and World 4 Minute Free Style Championships and is regarded as the highest performance aerobatic airplane in the world.

Rob Holland (pilot) Rob Holland (born ) is an American pilot and record breaking aerobatic champion from Nashua, New Hampshire. Biography Holland was always fascinated with aviation and after earning his pilot's license while still a teenager, he began flying aeroba ...

won the Eric Muller Trophy flying a MXS at the 2019 World Aerobatic championships. The two-seat version is called the

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and has reached notable fame, becoming World Aerobatic Advanced Champion under the control of

in 2008 and also vice-world aerobatics advanced champion in 2010.

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