Flightstar Corporation
Jacob Fitton is an experienced aviation professional currently working as a Pilot at Flightstar Corporation since May 2022. Prior to this role, Jacob served as a Flight Instructor and Ground School Instructor at the Institute of Aviation at Parkland College from May 2021 to June 2022. Jacob's early career includes positions at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois, where responsibilities included serving as Executive Assistant from July 2015 to July 2020 and as Connect Team Director from August 2013 to June 2015, along with managing the IT Support for the organization's database system.
Flightstar Corporation
Flightstar has been in business as the Fixed Base Operator at Champaign-Urbana’s Willard Airport (KCMI) since December of 1978 and is the only Fixed Base Operator to have ever operated at the airport. Starting out with just a flight training operation, an airplane, three employees, and operating out of a construction trailer, Flightstar has grown into a well respected full-service FBO facility employing over 120 remarkable people.