The company responded to his letters by inviting Jacob and his family to come to take a ride on the blimp. Right then and there Jacob's love of flying began. As a boy, he took flying lessons and received his pilot's license as a young man. While he dreamed of being in the United States Air Force, a childhood injury kept that dream from coming true. However, that did not hinder his love of aircraft, and Jacob has owned his own airplane and worked in and around planes for different companies his entire life.

Saddle Mountain Brewing Company made history by becoming the first production brewery, bottling as Taildragger Craft Beer, in Goodyear Arizona.