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About Us
At Race City Flight Operations, we value high quality flight instruction over quick instruction. Race City Flight Operations works to improve, innovate, and make a better environment and training program for our students. Our goal is to help create pilots – whether you want to be an airline pilot or a hobby pilot-great and safe pilots instead of using the minimums as the completion standards. We believe, if they are taught to be great pilots, they will be safe and competent pilots months and years after their training.
Race City Flight Operations has been recognized for its high standard of accomplishment in flight training by The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world’s largest aviation association. Race City Flight Operations has been awarded a spot on the Flight Training Experience Awards as a Distinguished Flight School, a title given to high scoring flight schools & instructors from the 2024 Flight Training Experience Survey.
The 2024 awards were drawn from flight students and pilots who voluntarily reviewed their flight training experience this past fall through an AOPA online customer satisfaction survey. The process yielded an evaluation of 780 different flight schools and 1,202 individual flight instructors.
Our Training Program
Why Race City Flight Operations?
-We are one of the best flight schools to become a COMMERCIAL pilot, AIRLINE pilot or your FAMILY pilot!
-Small runway creates CONFIDENCE anywhere you go.
-AATD FLIGHT SIMULATOR continues training through unfavorable flying weather.
-In-house MAINTENANCE ensures our planes are always available to our students.
-FRIENDLY and DEDICATED team members.
-COMPETITIVE PRICES with flight schools in the area.
-Available for flight lessons 7 days a week allowing FLEXIBILITY for every student’s schedule.
-HOUSING is available for out of region students. Get out of the bad weather and trying with us!
Our Instructors!
Our flight instructors are dedicated to our students’ goals. The student may be an airline pilot career hopeful, or the student may just casually want to learn how to fly. Either way-the priority is always the student. By teaching from a syllabus, your progress will never be held up by a vacation or sickness.
Check Out What We’re Doing!
Join us each day this week to see our 2024 numbers!
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Any guesses as to where we are?? ✈✈
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Check out more of our fleet like N65439 on our website! ✈✈
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A summer sunset to warm your toes on this snowy day! ❄✈
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‼ Important update for Private Pilot Ground School ‼
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Couples that discover aviation together, stay together, and Micah and his wife are no exception! (ft. CFI Elliott) ✈️✈️ schedule your discovery flight today!
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Our Private Pilot Ground School session is coming up, starting this weekend and extending through the end of January — don’t miss out and sign up today! ✈️✈️
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Peter and Madelyn had the biggest smiles after their discovery flight with CFI Elliott! We’d love to see your smile too, so head over to our website and book a discovery flight today! ✈️✈️😁
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Every RCFO student knows this view … ✈️✈️
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RCFO can take you from 0 hours to CFI/I and multi-engine on your own schedule, accelerated or not! ✈️✈️
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We’re getting right into it this year! Sign up for ground school now! Our Private Pilot session is 3 weekends long and Instrument and Commerical sessions are 2 weekends long ✈️✈️
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Marassa’s starting off the New Year right with a discovery flight! (ft. CFI Nick) ✈✈
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Mountain life or lake life? RCFO students don’t have to choose… ✈✈
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As 2024 comes to an end, we want to take one last moment and thank everyone for an amazing year of growth and learning. We wish you all health and happiness in the New Year, and as always, safe travels! ✈✈
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T-minus 1 day until the last sunset of 2024! ✈✈
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A pilot sees a new horizon every day, let us show you what we mean by enrolling today! ✈✈
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One of the perks about being a pilot is seeing the sky from all different angles. The photo speaks for itself! ✈🤩
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Snowy mountains make for some pretty pictures! It almost makes up for the de-icing efforts early in the morning…almost…✈🗻❄
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Looks like someone was on the nice list this year! Congratulations on your PPL Jon! (ft. CFI Matt) 👏✈
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We wish you all health and happiness, and of course, safe travels!! ✈🎅🎄🎁✈
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Check out our amazing fleet of C172s, including N9562P, and C152s on our website www.racecityfo.com! ✈✈
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With the New Year right around the corner, is the ‘new you’ going to be a student at RCFO? (the answer should be yes!) ✈✈
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Whether you want to go to the airlines or fly around Lake Norman for personal enjoyment, RCFO can get you there! 🛫🛫
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A classic LKN view that all RCFO students know! ✈✈
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“There’s more to life than being a passenger” (Amelia Earhart), so sign up for training today and see what life’s all about! ✈✈
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This view could be yours in just a couple of simple steps! Enrolling at RCFO is quick and easy so give us a call today or stop in! ✈✈
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“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.” -Wilbur Wright. As a flight school, we are deeply connected to Wright Brothers’ legacy. Every takeoff, every maneuver in the sky, is made possible because of their relentless pursuit of flight. Today, we honor their spirit of perseverance and innovation. Their journey reminds us that with passion, hard work, and a willingness to dream big, we can push the boundaries of what’s possible, just as the Wright brothers did over a century ago. We are proud to be part of an industry that continues to evolve, driven by the vision they set into motion. -RCFO Team ✈✈
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Discovery flights make for great gifts this holiday season! Purchase through our website and surprise an aviation enthusiast with their first lesson 🎁🎄✈
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Train at RCFO and you’ll pass your checkirdes with flying colors! (see what we did there) ✈✈
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