Full Time Faculty

Greg Crane, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor Joined BBCC in 1998 Phone: (509)793-2245 Send email to gregc@bigbend.edu Click here to view business card

A.A.S., Big Bend Community College,

FAA Certificates include: Commercial Pilot, Single Engine Land and Sea, Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Airplane; Flight Instructor Single and Multi-Engine, Instrument Airplane;
Ground Instructor, Advanced and Instrument; FAA Pilot Examiner.

John P. Gillespie, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor Joined BBCC in 1995 Phone: (509)793-2246 Send email to johng@bigbend.edu Click here to view business card

B.A. Gonzaga University; A.A.S., A.A. & S. Big Bend Community College;

FAA Certificates including: Commercial Pilot, Single-Engine Land, Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Airplane; Flight Instructor Single, Multiengine and Instrument, Gold Seal Flight Instructor,
Ground Instructor; Advanced and Instrument

Joseph MacDougall, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor Joined BBCC in 2000 Phone: (509)793-2249 Send email to joemac@bigbend.edu  Click here to view business card

B.Sc., in Aeronautics, University of North Dakota 1997
Diploma in Aviation, Mount Royal College, (Canada) 1995
Canadian Certificates: Airline Transport, Multi-Instrument;
FAA Certificates: Commercial Pilot, Single Engine Land and Sea, Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Airplane; Flight Instructor Single and Multi-Engine, Instrument Airplane CFII

John M. Swedburg, Chief Pilot & Aviation Division Chairman Joined BBCC in 1982 Phone: (509)793-2250 Send email to johns@bigbend.edu Click here to view business card

B.A./ B.Th., Nebraska Christian College; M.A., University of Illinois, Springfield Campus;

FAA Certificates including: Airline Transport Pilot; Commercial Seaplane, Flight Instructor, Single and Multi-Engine, Instrument;
Ground Instructor, Advanced and Instrument.
FAA Safety Counselor.

John Marc Swedburg II, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor Joined BBCC in 2010 Phone: (509)793-2247 Send email to johnms@bigbend.edu Click here to view business card

B.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University;  A.A.S. Big Bend Community College;

FAA Certificates including: Airline Transport Pilot Single-Engine Land, Multi-Engine Land, LR-JET, LR-60 Type Ratings, Flight Instructor Single-Engine, Multi-Engine and Instrument.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Pete Hammer, Joined BBCC in 1976 Phone: (509)793-2421 Send email to peteh@bigbend.edu

A.A.S., Big Bend Community College;

FAA Certificate including: Commercial Pilot , Single and Multi-Engine, Land and Sea, Rotocraft-Helicopter;

Ground Instructor, Advanced and Instrument;
Mechanic A&P;
FAA Pilot Examiner.

Former BBCC Chief Pilot
 

Lewis Mason, Joined BBCC in 1992 Send email to lgmason@atnet.net

B.S., U. S. Naval Academy ; M.S., Naval Postgraduate School; CDR USN (Ret);

FAA Certificates including: Airline Transport Pilot, Multi-Engine; Commercial Pilot Single Engine; Flight Instructor, Single and Multi-Engine, Instrument;
Ground Instructor, Advanced and Instrument. 
 

Nathan Holes Big Bend Community College, Mechanic, IA Started at BBCC Fall of 2003.  Phone #: (509) 793-2044  E-mail nathanh@bigbend.edu

Education: Associate of Arts and Science BBCC
Associate of Applied Science Aircraft Maintenance BBCC
Bachelor of Occupational Education Eastern New Mexico University 2009 

Certificates: Mechanic ratings: Airframe and Powerplant
Inspection Authorization