Rikki has been the manager at Crest Airpark since 1997. She oversees all Crest Airpark operations. Rikki enjoys camping and water skiing and lives with her husband Charley and their children Zach, Jarred, and Mycah in Auburn.

Zach continues to work as the webmaster for this site. He is currently employed by Microsoft working in Redmond, WA. You may see him wandering around the office every now and then servicing the computer hardware around the office.

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Jim started working on aircraft in 1991 while in the USAF as a crew chief for KC-135Rs. In 1998 he worked at Horizon Air for a short time before moving onto Alaska Air as a line mechanic in 2000. In 2006 Jim came to work for Crest as Chief Mechanic and a for-hire Commercial Pilot. Jim is changing carriers and wants to become a full-time commercial pilot for Horizon Air. When he's not wrenching on our aircraft, Jim enjoys flying around the Northwest with his wife Jodie and new baby girl Kambrie.

Jerry has been flying for six years and has enjoyed teaching at Crest since March of 2007. He loves to train new pilots as well as those going for their Commercial License. He also does biannual flight reviews and aircraft checkouts. Jerry enjoys flying because it is an art that can always be improved upon, and learning continues throughout a pilot's life in aviation. In addition to flying, he enjoys playing fast-pitch softball.

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Darryl started flying at 17 years old and has been instructing off and on for 23 years. He is married and has two children. Darryl has over 200 hours of banner towing experience and loves to do spin training. He enjoys teaching full time at all levels Private, Instrument, Commercial CFI and CFII. His teaching passion is tail dragger endorsements.

Rodney has been teaching and flying at Crest Airpark since May of 2006. He enjoys the area very much. He has been teaching Private Pilot, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, CFII, Multi-Engine and Tail Dragger since 1997. Rodney moved to Covington area in March of 2005 and before that, he did all his flying in Denver, Colorado and the beautiful Rocky Mountains. When Rodney lived in Denver, he flew for the CAP (Civil Air Patrol) for the search and rescue of downed aircraft; and lost hikers. Rodney has his Banner Tow and tail dragger endorsements. Rodney enjoys giving introductory flights to students who haven’t been in an airplane before in there life. He loves to see the glow on there faces after they do there first take off.

Meg is a self-described "ramp-rat", passionate about flying and passionate about teaching. She earned her CFI ticket at Crest in 2003. Meg teaches the private pilot through CFI tickets and specializes in biennial flight reviews for pilots who are months or even years out of currency. She is one of 17 people in the world to concurrently hold the title of Master of Ground Instruction and Master of Flight Instruction from the National Association of Flight Instructors. Meg has flown a B-25, several light sport aircraft, a DC-3 and a motorglider. When she is not flying she writes articles for General Aviation News and Aviation for Women magazine. She also plays the drums in a jazz band.