Have a liking for aviation as a form of escapism? (4,2,6)

'a form of escapism?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'have a liking for aviation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'have' could be 'take' (synonyms) and 'take' is found in the answer.
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is located in the answer.
'aviation' could be 'flight' (flight is a kind of aviation) and 'flight' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?