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Charleston Regional Accelerated Flight Training

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT! Now offering FAA Part 141 Private and Instrument courses!

Why Train With CRAFT?

Traditional flight training puts the student into the airplane for the first lesson. Unfortunately, the airplane is a terrible classroom for learning to fly.

Charleston Regional Accelerated Flight Training (CRAFT) changes the entire experience by first training you in our Redbird Full-Motion Flight Simulator so that you are more confident once you are in the airplane.

Integrating our flight simulator with your time in the airplane will save you both time and money! CRAFT combines traditional, foundational principles of flight training with modern Redbird technology and a modern fleet of aircraft, providing you with a state of the art experience. You will find that the transition to the airplane is virtually seamless – your time in the simulator will teach you where to put your eyes, hands, and feet.

Our Airplanes

CRAFT manages a fleet of well-maintained aircraft, including modern Diamond and classic Cessna aircraft. We have more aircraft built in this century than any other flight school in South Carolina. We also have the only Jet-A burning aircraft in flight training in Charleston with the Diamond DA40 NG and the Diamond DA42-VI Twin engine. All of Diamond DA40’s and DA42 are equipped with Garmin G1000, so you can learn with leading edge, glass cockpit avionics. Or if you prefer standard steam-gauge, our Diamond DA20’s are an affordable modern private pilot trainer.

Our Flight Training

We offer a wide range of flight training:

Discovery Flight
Private Pilot (Part 61 and Part 141)
Ground School
Instrument Rating (IFR) (Part 61 and Part 141)
Commercial Single
Commercial Multi
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
CFI-Instrument (CFI-I)
Multi-Engine Rating
Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI)
Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)

We offer Accelerated courses for those that are short on time, as well as aircraft rentals.

Our Flight Simulator

The Redbird FMX is a full motion, feature-rich, FAA-approved Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) with multiple airplane configurations including C172 analog and glass-cockpit G1000, DA40 G1000, SR22 G1000, PA-34 analog multi-engine, and the brand new DA42 G1000 multi-engine configuration.

Standard features include wrap-around visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, quick-change configurations, scenario-based training compatibility, and an electric motion platform, resulting in a level of realism that is simply unavailable in other training devices on the market.

Simply put, this is as close to real as it gets.

accelerated courses

Accelerated Instrument

Multi-Engine

Accelerated CFI

Accelerated CFI-I

Accelerated Commercial

How 9/11 Changed Flight Training in the US

Sep 10, 2021

If you can recall the days of air travel, pre 9/11, you will remember a much different experience. Prior to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, passenger screening was the responsibility of airlines. Security checkpoints were more of a greeting than the...

CHARLESTON’S CRAFT FLIGHT TRAINING GRANTED PROVISIONAL PART 141 TRAINING APPROVAL BY FAA

Jul 15, 2021

A First Step Toward Earning the FAA’s Most Rigorous Flight Training Status - School Expects Full Accreditation by Year’s End [CHARLESTON, SC July 15, 2021] — Charleston Regional Accelerated Flight Training and Simulation, also known as CRAFT Flight Training and...

The Difference Between Part 61 & Part 141 Schools

Jul 5, 2021

CRAFT Flight Training & Simulation Is Now A Provisional FAA Part 141 School CRAFT Flight & Simulation is now a Provisional FAA Part 141 School! This expands the training courses that we can offer furthering our mission of providing the best experience possible...