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Punching through the layer and into the blue! ☀️🛩️

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August 10, 2026

On August 10, 2026

Building confidence in all types of weather is what flight training is all about. Take your pilot skills higher with the team at Race City Flight Operations!

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Clear skies, big moves! ☀️ With Runway 14A closed, the team is putting in work to get our Statesville Airport facility fully ready for our students. Big things ahead! ✈️🧰

Older Discovery Flight in North Carolina: Discover Your Wings with Race City Flight Operations

From the simulator to the real soup—huge congratulations to Tyler on passing his Instrument Rating checkride! Low visibility is no match for this level of dedication. Next stop: anywhere! ✈️

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Checkride

09 Sep 2026

September 9, 2026

From the simulator to the real soup—huge congratulations to Tyler on passing his Instrument Rating checkride! Low visibility is no match for this level of dedication. Next stop: anywhere! ✈️

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Big news in the aviation world! Huge congratulations to Camden on officially passing his Commercial Pilot checkride! ✈️💨 Evan’s excitement says it all—hard work, long flight hours, and endless studying truly paid off. Time to fly high! 👨‍✈️🎉

Tanzir

Checkride

08 Sep 2026

September 6, 2026

Big news in the aviation world! Huge congratulations to Camden on officially passing his Commercial Pilot checkride! ✈️💨

Evan’s excitement says it all—hard work, long flight hours, and endless studying truly paid off. Time to fly high! 👨‍✈️🎉 Fly With Ra...

Unleashing that twin-turboprop power! Watch the King Air 250 launch out of Lake Norman Airpark (14A). Holding the title for the largest aircraft to visit our strip, it made short work of the runway on departure! 🛫💨

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Our Work Life

07 Sep 2026

September 6, 2026

Unleashing that twin-turboprop power! Watch the King Air 250 launch out of Lake Norman Airpark (14A). Holding the title for the largest aircraft to visit our strip, it made short work of the runway on departure! 🛫💨

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Starting the day with views like this never gets old. Ready to take your aviation goals to new heights with Race City Flight Operations? ✈️🌊

Tanzir

Our Work Life

06 Sep 2026

September 2, 2026

Starting the day with views like this never gets old. Ready to take your aviation goals to new heights with Race City Flight Operations? ✈️🌊

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Watch out, sky—Jacob Morris is officially a commercial pilot! Huge congratulations on passing the checkride. Time to get paid to do what you love. 🛩️👨‍✈️

Tanzir

Checkride

05 Sep 2026

September 2, 2026

Watch out, sky—Jacob Morris is officially a commercial pilot! Huge congratulations on passing the checkride. Time to get paid to do what you love. 🛩️👨‍✈️

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Officially Instrument Rated! ✈️ Cloud ceilings and low visibility are no match for Jon, who just passed his Instrument Rating checkride!

Tanzir

Checkride

04 Sep 2026

September 2, 2026

Officially Instrument Rated! ✈️ Cloud ceilings and low visibility are no match for Jon, who just passed his Instrument Rating checkride!

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Big smiles on the ramp! ✈️ Congratulations to Ayden on taking the controls for his first Discovery Flight with Race City Flight Operations!

Tanzir

Ride

03 Sep 2026

September 2, 2026

Big smiles on the ramp! ✈️ Congratulations to Ayden on taking the controls for his first Discovery Flight with Race City Flight Operations!

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Can you identify this type of cloud? Put your awnsers in the comments!

Tanzir

Our Work Life

02 Sep 2026

September 1, 2026

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Can you identify this type of cloud? Put your answers in the comments!

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

One giant leap into the pilot’s seat. Huge milestone for Dalton completing his first solo flight! ✈️👏

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Solo!

01 Sep 2026

September 1, 2026

One giant leap into the pilot’s seat. Huge milestone for Dalton completing his first solo flight! ✈️👏

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

Huge milestone unlocked! 🔑✈️ Graham just passed his checkride and officially earned his wings with Race City Flight Operations. Next stop: wherever he wants to fly.

Tanzir

Checkride

31 Aug 2026

August 31, 2026

Huge milestone unlocked! 🔑✈️ Graham just passed his checkride and officially earned his wings with Race City Flight Operations. Next stop: wherever he wants to fly.

Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings! Training to become an airline pilot, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. F...

A milestone for a true master of the skies. Assistant Chief Sam Tomanio has officially been awarded the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, recognizing 50 consecutive years of safe flight operations. With a distinguished career as an American Airlines E190 Check Airman, APD, and training specialist, Sam continues to elevate everyone around him. Congratulations on this unbelievable achievement, Sam!

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Our Work Life

30 Aug 2026

August 29, 2026

A milestone for a true master of the skies.

Assistant Chief Sam Tomanio has officially been awarded the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, recognizing 50 consecutive years of...

Clear skies, full throttle, and big smiles! ✈️ Skybound and taking the wheel—Gary officially took to the sky today for his discovery flight over Lake Norman. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of taking the controls for the very first time. Help us congratulate Gary on taking step one of his aviation journey! ☁️👨‍✈️ Thinking about taking the controls yourself? DM us or head to the link in our bio to book your own Discovery Flight! 👇

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Ride

29 Aug 2026

August 29, 2026

Clear skies, full throttle, and big smiles! ✈️ Skybound and taking the wheel—Gary officially took to the sky today for his discovery flight over Lake Norman.

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of taking the controls for the very first time. Help us congratulate Gary on taking step one of ...

Taikasha Quattlebaum

If you’re looking into learning how to fly I would recommend Race City 1000 times! Quality instruction, nice staff, and flexible scheduling. Thank you race city for making my student pilot journey fun!

Michael Nunez

I had my first discovery flight with Ethan and he was very knowledgeable and nice, and was very clear when teaching about the operations of the planes! 100% recommend

Jason Briggs

Awesome staff great experience on the discovery flight!!!!

Grace Li

I love race city flight operations!! Josh is a great instructor!

Mike Hege

Would highly recommend RaceCity 14A As a flight school and ground training! This is a family owned and operated business/flight school/FBO that you will not find anywhere quite like it. I did the back-to-back weekend course for the PPL ground school/written test prep. Overall, I’m very pleased and feel like it prepared me for both the test and an upcoming check ride. Patrick, Nicole, Josh and Kyle are amazing!

Michael Weeks

5 stars is not enough! The whole crew at RCFO is professional, friendly, and genuinely cares about your success as a student. Could not recommend them enough.

Jacob Morris

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Race City Flight Operations is hands down the best flight school I have trained with. I have been to three different flight schools prior, and no one even comes close. Race City truly wants you to succeed. Their organization, knowledge, and attention to detail are the best I have ever seen. They have a clear structure and proven templates to follow that set you up for success instead of leaving you guessing. You always know what is expected and what the next step is. They also make you feel like part of their family, not just another student. Since switching to Race City, I have seen huge progress in both my flying skills and overall aviation knowledge. I honestly wish I would have started my training with them from day one. If you are serious about learning to fly and want a school that is fully invested in your success, this is the place to be. – Jacob

Melissa Marin

Had a fantastic experience doing the discovery flight! The owners were phenomenal, so sweet! The flight was very informative and so enjoyable! Definitely recommend it!

Jessica Rinaman

Our 17 year old had an excellent experience during his discovery flight. Everyone seems very professional and knowledgeable. We will be back!

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Punching through the layer and into the blue! ☀️🛩️

Building confidence in all types of weather is what flight training is all about. Take your pilot skills higher with the team at Race City Flight Operations!

From the simulator to the real soup—huge congratulations to Tyler on passing his Instrument Rating checkride! Low visibility is no match for this level of dedication. Next stop: anywhere! ✈️

Big news in the aviation world! Huge congratulations to Camden on officially passing his Commercial Pilot checkride! ✈️💨

Unleashing that twin-turboprop power! Watch the King Air 250 launch out of Lake Norman Airpark (14A). Holding the title for the largest aircraft to visit our strip, it made short work of the runway on departure! 🛫💨

Starting the day with views like this never gets old. Ready to take your aviation goals to new heights with Race City Flight Operations? ✈️🌊

Watch out, sky—Jacob Morris is officially a commercial pilot! Huge congratulations on passing the checkride. Time to get paid to do what you love. 🛩️👨‍✈️

Officially Instrument Rated! ✈️ Cloud ceilings and low visibility are no match for Jon, who just passed his Instrument Rating checkride!

Big smiles on the ramp! ✈️ Congratulations to Ayden on taking the controls for his first Discovery Flight with Race City Flight Operations!

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Can you identify this type of cloud? Put your answers in the comments!

One giant leap into the pilot’s seat. Huge milestone for Dalton completing his first solo flight! ✈️👏

Huge milestone unlocked! 🔑✈️ Graham just passed his checkride and officially earned his wings with Race City Flight Operations. Next stop: wherever he wants to fly.

A milestone for a true master of the skies.

Clear skies, full throttle, and big smiles! ✈️ Skybound and taking the wheel—Gary officially took to the sky today for his discovery flight over Lake Norman.

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Building confidence in all types of weather is what flight training is all about. Take your pilot skills higher with the team at Race City Flight Operations!

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