https://flywithrandall.com/ 2026-10-17 monthly 1.0 https://flywithrandall.com/randall-freeman-flight-instructor-hickory-nc.jpg Randall Freeman, CFI/CFII flight instructor in Hickory, NC, at the controls of a Cessna 172 https://flywithrandall.com/cessna-172-preflight-hickory-regional-airport.jpg Flight instructor Randall Freeman pre-flighting the Cessna 172 training aircraft at Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) https://flywithrandall.com/sunburst-over-wing-cessna-172.jpg Sunburst over the wing of a Cessna 172 during a flight lesson near Hickory, NC https://flywithrandall.com/cessna-172-wing-over-nc-foothills.jpg Cessna 172 high wing and strut over the North Carolina foothills during flight training https://flywithrandall.com/sunbeams-clouds-foothills-flight-training.jpg Sunbeams through clouds over the Catawba Valley foothills from a training flight https://flywithrandall.com/sunset-over-wing-evening-flight-lesson.jpg Sunset over the wing on an evening flight lesson out of Hickory, NC https://flywithrandall.com/cessna-cowl-evening-sky-hickory.jpg View over the Cessna 172 cowl into an evening sky near Hickory Regional Airport https://flywithrandall.com/blue-ridge-foothills-from-the-air.jpg The Blue Ridge foothills from the air on a discovery flight from Hickory, NC