Please visit us. We are located just a few miles south of Eugene, Oregon at Creswell “Hobby Field” Airport (77S)
TakeWING was established in 1994 by Dorothy Schick. Dorothy began learning to “fly” by jumping off a roof-top with an umbrella at the young age of six (thank you Mary Poppins). Moving on to jumping out of airplanes in high school and then after graduating from the University of Oregon, took a more conservative leap and became a private pilot. From that point on she says, “every day spent as an aviator increases my passion for life and my yearning to both learn and to share what aviation has to offer.”
Dorothy has given over 4000 hours of flight instruction, and is an FAA FASTeam representative. When not instructing, preparing WINGS seminars, writing newsletters, or yapping about flying, she volunteers at the Green Hill Humane Society’s 1St Avenue Shelter.
To say that Eric Guevara is an over achiever would be an understatement. Eric grew up in Cottage Grove, married his high school sweet-heart and then traveled the world as a Marine, moving up the ranks to Staff Sergeant and Crew Chief on CH53 helicopters before returning home to Oregon (now with two lovely daughters).
Eric is a Multi-Engine and Instrument instructor, member of the FAA’ FASTeam and just plain NICE GUY . . .oh yeah, and he’s also a certificated Airframe and Power plant mechanic (A&P) . . . did we say over achiever?
Eric holds a full-time job as a corporate pilot and works for TakeWING on a part-time basis.
Get to know Melissa and you’ll discover a person with a strong independent nature. She’s a mother, a bee-keeper, and she holds a private pilot—helicopter certificate. When Melissa puts her mind to a goal she doesn’t back down no matter how long it takes!
At TakeWING Melissa is our primary test proctor, “ramper”, and office assistant. You won’t find another person more passionate about helping you get to your aviation goal than Melissa!
Scott is a CFI-Sport Pilot, an Advanced Ground Instructor, and a Private Pilot. Scott instructs for TakeWING on a part-time basis. He offers Sport Pilot and transition training in TakeWING’s Cessna 162 Skycatcher. He also provides ground instruction for both Sport and Private Pilot students.
In addition to instructing, Scott is an editor/writer for Cessna Flyer and Piper Flyer magazines, and also freelances as a cartographer and market researcher.
He and his partner Julia own a vintage 1963 Cherokee 180.
Ms. Loosey the Basset Hound is our willful, very loved, part of our club. Most of the day she just hangs out (as hounds like to do) with an occasional plea for a walk. Some people believe that with enough wind over her long ears, Loosey would be able to fly solo.
Learning to fly is a life changing, life-long, educational experience and adventure. Whether you are just starting your journey of becoming a pilot or have let your currency expire and need to shake the rust off, TakeWING is here to guide you, stick with you, push you, and celebrate each step of your pilot journey with you.
Why are so many local pilots proud to be members of TakeWING Aviation Club?
There’s another reason too . . . It’s knowing that the last pilot to fly the airplane is accountable to you. We all have each others backs.
Honor, Respect, Care for, and Reward — Those are our four simple tenets. Check out the other guys, fly their airplanes, fly ours, ask to speak with any of our pilot members, get to know us, and let us get to know you too —Then Decide.
2017 Membership Application Form
Membership orientation fee (due upon joining club): $200
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