federal aviation administration date: september 28, 2009 wright brothers “master pilot” award...

Federal Aviation Administration

Date: September 28, 2009

Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” AwardOctober 1950: C-140 (N2538N) I took initial instruction in and soloed December 11, 1950.



Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” Award

More Aviation Memories

Aeronca 7ACs I got Private License in at Oklahoma A & M, Stillwater, OK




More Aviation MemoriesWinter of 1953/54: I rented a Taylorcraft L-2 in

Stillwater, OK for $4.00 hr (wet)

I love all airplanes, but if there was a “worst” one, this was it. Comparing to an Aeronca Champ

would be like comparing a Chinese built car to a Ferrari




Fall of 1954: Aeronca 11AC Chief N85865

My first Airplane




More Aviation MemoriesFall of 1954: Aeronca 11AC Chief in Meade, KS

I owned this airplane from 1954 to 1957 and flew it over 500 hours




More Aviation MemoriesSummer 1955: Meade, KS

Proof that a $500 airplane will actually fly!!!




More Aviation Memories1956: Airshow with Harold Krier in

Garden City, KS

I flew this clipped wing 85 hp Cub several times back in the days when everyone would say, “Go fly

my airplane.” This Cub is now owned by a member of EAA Chapter 377.




More Aviation Memories1956: First hangar that I built at Forgan, OK

I built this hangar for a total cost of $170 which included all of the materials





1952: Ron Judy & Tom Watson in C-172

Tom Watson was my constant flying companion who would go on to become a Navy pilot for 10 years, retiring as a Delta Captain. Tom spent so much time at the

airport that he nearly flunked out of school. He wrote when I was overseas that he was

on probation due to a grade point of 0.9. His major was in Geography. A tough one!!!




More Aviation Memories1956: National Intercollegiate Flying Assc. Awards

Banquet at University of Oklahoma




1956: My award for 3rd place in NIFA power-off spot landing contest at Norman, OK





1956 : My future wife Nancy and I at Enid, OK




More Aviation Memories1957: Tom Watson and Lloyd Brown with my

Stinson Voyager 108-1 (N97822) in Seminole, OK




More Aviation Memories1958: DeHaviland Otter in Beirut, Lebanon

I rode this aircraft across the Mediterranean to Adana, Turkey. I was young and foolish as I now will hardly cross

the Mississippi River under 3000 ft.





September 1958: Beirut, Lebanon – This is the closest the Army came to letting me fly an airplane.





1959: My Cessna 170 (N3941V) by the old hanger in Forgan, OK. Numerous aircraft flew into the

1200 ft. grass strip including an Ercoupe, Cessna 195, and a Bonanza





1963: The C-170 with new paint in front of my new hangar at my current airport on the Judy

Ranch. We flew this airplane from 1959 to 1966.





1968: Nancy, Greg, and Alan in front of our C-182 (N2401G) that we purchased in 1966 and flew until

1978





1980’s: C-182 (N11YJ) that I ordered new from Cessna and picked up in Wichita. We flew it from

1978 until 1997.





1981: My C-172 (N13202) at the Judy Ranch. We purchased it for the boys to fly. Greg took it to

college and then to Arlington, TX where he now lives. Alan flew it lots when it was back here at

home.





1992: N21YJ at the Judy Ranch after a new paint job and N number change. It was lost in a hangar

fire at Arlington, TX in 2005.





1988: My first Navion (N4242K) purchased at Ft. Worth, TX.





1989: At the first American Navion Society Convention in Murfreesboro, TN.





1995: Newest hangar at the Judy Ranch where both Navions live. I still own and fly NC4242K and

N8915H.





1999: Airport with three runways and ranch buildings at the Judy Ranch.





1999: One of the Fly-in’s we hold at the Judy Ranch every year since 1994.





1998: NC4242K at the Judy Ranch after we had it painted in the original Ryan color scheme and

early style N number.





1998: NC4242K in flight west of Ft. Worth.



Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” Award1990’s: Model of NC4242K that Greg built.




More Aviation Memories1992: West of Missoula looking north towards

Kalispell.




2000: Second Navion, N8915H that I built from the ground up over a six year period from 1994 to 2000

with every nut and bolt removed.





2000: Navion convention where I won “FLAGSHIP” award for Best Navion in the US.





2000: With friends at Oshkosh.





2002: A reproduction of EAA’s Sport Aviation magazine article about my Navion.





2002: Sport Aviation article



Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” Award2000: Oshkosh – Award from Navion Skies club.





2002: Flying the third Navion (N4927K) near Gate, OK. I bought and restored it then sold it to a

pilot in Iowa. Picture taken by Alan at 11,000 ft.





2002: Parts from N4927K after clean up





2002: N4927K’s parts after powdercoating.





2001: N4927K before I built a new panel and rewired it.





2002: New panel I built with newer instruments and avionics. This is a much less expensive copy of

the panel I built for N8915H in the next picture.





2000: Panel in Navion N8915H. I had it powdercoated and all lettering silkscreened.

I installed and wired all of the avionics and autopilot with interfacing between all of the black boxes myself. This is my favorite kind of work and

anyone can do it if they will read the schematics and be patient.




Presented to:

Ronald William Judy

Randy BabbitApril 21, 2009

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