Raider Aviation LLC
Flight school in Lubbock, Texas, where the main public airport is Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). The FAA register lists 9 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-180.
Website: raider-aviation.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Raider Aviation LLC have?
9 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Raider Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Piper PA-28-180, along with the Cessna 172N and the Cessna 172P.
How old are Raider Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1967 and 1984; half were built in 1972 or earlier, so the typical one is about 54 years old.
Has Raider Aviation LLC had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Raider Aviation LLC?
In Lubbock, Texas; the main public airport there is Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB).
Are there FAA examiners near Raider Aviation LLC?
6 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Raider Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Raider Aviation is a flight school located at Slaton Municipal Airport near Lubbock, Texas. It offers flight training programs for private pilot, instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and certified flight instructor certificates, with one-on-one instruction from experienced certified flight instructors.
- Calls itself
- Raider Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Slaton, TX F49
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee, Diamond
- Services
- flight training, discovery flights, aircraft rental, maintenance
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- FAA-approved pilot school
- Address
- 12106 FM 400, Slaton, TX, 79364
- Telephone
- 806-300-1457
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of raider-aviation.com on October 21, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner gives this school as a place to work from, on the FAA's list:
- Donald Borba private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Raider Aviation · Slaton, TX · (806) 474-6090 · [email protected] pilot examiner
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HEX Reese Hangar · Lubbock, TX (0 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Patrick Timothy Bradley private pilot (proficiency) · Resse Hangar 82 · Lubbock, TX (0 nm) · (425) 503-4406 · [email protected]
- Rosemary Stidham private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Lubbock, TX (0 nm) · (806) 786-5074 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · HELICOPTER EXPRESS #82 · Lubbock, TX (0 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
- Willie Strieder private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lubbock, TX (0 nm) · (806) 239-6099 · [email protected]
- Donald Borba private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Raider Aviation · Slaton, TX (13 nm) · (806) 474-6090 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
9 aircraft are registered to Raider Aviation LLC today, mostly Piper PA-28-180. Built between 1967 and 1984; half of them in 1972 or earlier, so the typical one is about 54 years old. 1 is a twin-engine aeroplane.
All 9 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Raider Aviation LLC today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Texas.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Hub City Aviation Academy LLC 11 aircraft · flight school, Lubbock
- Caprock Soaring Association 6 aircraft · flying club, Lubbock
- Lbb High Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Lubbock
- Rv 9A Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Lubbock
Compare every school in Texas: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Lubbock, TX · where it registers its aircraft
- Lubbock Preston Smith International · LBB
- Lubbock Executive Airpark · F82
- Texas 29,882 aircraft registered
- Raider Aviation LLC 9 aircraft in the fleet
- 9 aircraft on the register · Piper PA-28-180
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 21, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does; this one's name does not, but it owns a fleet of training aircraft and its own website says it gives flying lessons. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.