Wed, Mar 23, 2011
Has Conducted More Than Five Thousand Hours Of
Instructions
Judy Phelps of CP Aviation in Santa Paula, CA has been named
Certified Flight Instructor of the Year for 2011 by the General
Aviation Awards program.
CP Aviation is a Cessna Pilot Center. "All of us at Cessna are
very proud of Judy for this honor, proud of her work as one of our
nation's leading flight instructors and proud to have her as part
of the Cessna Pilot Center network," said Julie Filucci, Cessna
manager of Cessna Pilot Centers. "She exemplifies the dedication to
sound student training we believe is critical to the ongoing
success of the CPC process."
Phelps owns CP Aviation at Santa Paula Airport (SZP) with her
husband, Clay, who also is a CFI. Phelps has conducted more than
5,000 hours of flight training ranging from primary, instrument and
commercial instruction as well as tailwheel endorsements,
experimental aircraft checkouts, emergency maneuver, spin and
aerobatic training.
Phelps is a three-time Master CFI-Aerobatic - the country's
first and only woman to earn that certification. She is an active
member of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, the
Ninety-Nines, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental
Aircraft Association, the International Aerobatic Club and Women in
Aviation. She currently serves as president of the Aviation Museum
of Santa Paula.
The mission of the General Aviation Awards program is to
recognize individual aviation professionals on the local, regional
and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education
and flight safety. The program is a cooperative effort between more
than a dozen general aviation industry sponsors and the Federal
Aviation Administration.
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