Jim Jacobson

In addition to being one of the owners of Accelerated Aviation Instruction, flight training is in Jim’s DNA. He was a flight instructor and an adjunct faculty member at Minnesota State University in Mankato MN in the late 1990’s. While at Minnesota State University Jim also coached the MSU Flight team and was a member of the Mankato squadron of Civil Air Patrol. In the early 2000’s he flight instructed at Minnesota Aviation, located in Albert Lea, MN, then in the mid 2000’s flew freight for PacAir out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Jim rejoined Minnesota Aviation in 2007 as the chief pilot and General Manager. He took over the Albert Lea flight school in 2015 and re-branded it Accelerated Aviation Instruction. In February of 2020 Jim moved the flight school to Owatonna, MN.