Master Instructors is pleased to announce that Judy Phelps has been recognized as a Master Instructor-Aerobatic for the Ninth time. Judy is a CFI-I, Designated Pilot Examiner and Gold Seal Instructor specializing in Tailwheel and Spin training, Emergency Maneuver Training, and Aerobatics.
Judy learned to fly in California’s Santa Paula Airport, which is still home after 29 years. In 2001 she started flying tailwheel and aerobatics with Master Instructor-Aerobatic, Rich Stowell at CP Aviation in Santa Paula. Eighteen months later she became a CFI and began providing her instructional specialties. She now has about 12,000 hours and in 2011 named National Flight Instructor of the Year. She is an active member of the International Organization of the Ninety-Nines and is a charter member of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE). Her career in aviation began in 1994 when she met and married Clay Phelps, the CP of CP Aviation.