Fly in the Yuma sky: Local pilot hosts pilot training program

Sunrise anchor Samantha Byrd spoke to pilot Amalia Andaverde about Arizona Active Air and AmaliAir.

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Arizona Active Air and AmaliAir are both local pilot training programs to help pilots who are a "beginner or looking to enhance your flying skills."

"So, we teach all of our Yuma pilots, private pilot licenses, instrument and commercial...We're just local. We do have a couple other people that are here in the fields. It's not just Arizona Active Air. We have Fly Yuma, Fly928, so lots of good programs out here for sure," said Amalia Andaverde, a pilot with Arizona Active Air.

When asked what made her want to become a pilot, Andaverde said:

"I kind of fully immerse myself in the industry. When I was 18, I fell in love with it, took a break, went to school, did the adulting thing, and then came back to it, and just went cool it and just went to flight school and started doing my flight instructor role, and I love it."

Andaverde was asked what the requirements are to be become a pilot, she said:

"One of the first things that we do recommend is that you look into getting your medical. You have to have a medical done first. All your appropriate documentation, of course, you can find that on the TSA website, and you have to have be able to speak, read and write in English, of course. And after that, we can kind of help you with the rest. So you just send us an email and we can help you out."

If you are 13 years or older you are eligible to start pursuing your pilots license and fly in the Yuma sky.

To learn more about AmaliAir, click here. To go on over the Arizona Active Air website, click here.