OUR TEAM
Meet the experts behind our company
Travis Lesatz
Travis is our founder and CEO. He is an Army veteran of six years, where he was an Aviation Operations Specialist. Outside of the Army, Travis worked as a baggage handler, crew scheduler, and truck dispatcher while working on his flight training. After obtaining his commercial pilot license, Travis worked as an aerial photography pilot before flying Cessna Caravans. After flying the Caravans, Travis went to two different passenger airlines, earning his Airline Transport Pilot certificate and A320 and E170 type ratings.
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Sarah Gilliam
Sarah is our operations, records, and customer service speciaist. She has three years experience as a flight attendant. Prior to flight attending, Sarah has three cumulative years in various aviation management positions, including ramp, customer service, reservations, and FBO operations. She recently began her flight training, and she's on the verge of obtaining her Private Pilot certificate.
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Toby Rice
Toby is our second pilot and primary instructor. He holds a commercial pilot certificate with instrument privileges in single engine sea and land aircraft and multi engine land aircraft. He also maintains flight instructor privileges for both single engine and multi engine aircraft, as well as instrument training. Toby has over 1300 hours of instruction given and boasts a 100% student pass rate.
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Jake is our marketing strategist. Jake has assisted multiple small businesses with their marketing efforts, to include complete business analysis, digital marketing campaigns, and search engine optimization. He also has experience in transportation as a sales executive and carrier sales manager for one of the country's largest transportation providers.
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