LACONIA — Jacob Marshall, son of David and Carrie Marshall of Laconia, recently earned his Commercial Pilot’s Certification with Multi-Engine-Instrument ratings through the aviation curriculum at Virginia’s Averett University.
Jacob has had a long-standing interest in flying and learned of opportunities available by attending WinnAero’s ACE Academy Summer Camp at the Laconia Airport. An ACE attendee in 2017 as a high school student at Bishop Brady High School, Jacob reflected that “I knew from the first day I got to fly at WinnAero, I wanted to pursue being a pilot. From then on, it just became a true passion of mine.”
He subsequently took flight lessons and earned his private pilot’s license before heading off to college at Averett where he just completed his junior year. Jacob is an Aerospace/Criminal Justice major with an emphasis on flight operations. He is also President of the Averett University Flying Cougars Flight Team which, last year, placed second in regional competition and earned Jacob and his team qualification for National Intercollegiate Flying Association competitive events.
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