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Mastery Training for Owner Pilots.

Meet Toby Rice.

Toby is a Master CFI, ATP and jet instructor with 5,000+ flight hours, 3,000 hours of instruction, and experience in over 220 aircraft makes and models. With ten years of experience and service as an FAA Safety Team Representative, he trains aircraft owners to get the most out of their airplanes.

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You worked hard for your airplane. Now get the most out of it.

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ONE MISSION. MASTERY.

Get the most out of your airplane.

You want to get in your airplane and feel like you have it together. To know what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and what to do when the plan changes. That’s what I train for.

Learn to think for yourself.

Reliable, not reliant. I want you to make a plan, fly it, and adapt without needing someone else to make every decision for you.

We work on your planning, avionics, aircraft control and decisions. We practice deliberately and debrief honestly. The goal is for normal flying to take less effort, leaving more mental capacity for the unexpected.

Your airplane. Your mission. Training that actually makes you good, not just legal.

How I train

Here’s where I specialize.

Citation trainingPIC preparation, SIC qualification, proficiency and mentoring.
Single-pilot IFR masteryStay ahead of your airplane, your avionics and the workload.
Instrument trainingBuild the foundation. Learn how to think in the IFR system.
Proficiency & aircraft transitionsLearn your airplane. Keep your skills sharp.

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Toby Rice, MCFI ATP · Your instructor. Your wingman.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Hi, I’m Toby.

Flying gives me the greatest sense of competence I’ve ever had. I love helping someone else build that feeling for themselves, and there’s always something more for me to learn along the way. Teaching someone else makes me a better pilot, too.

I want you to leave our time together more independent and able to enjoy the airplane you’ve worked so hard for. I take your progress personally because I know you’re trusting me with more than an airplane. You’re trusting me with the people who’ll be in the back, too.

I’ll train you to be independent, to not need me, and to think for yourself. We work on your airplane, your planning, and the flying you actually do.

I’m based in Nashville. Come to me, or I can travel anywhere in the world to train with you in an FAA-registered airplane.

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