Yanina

Yanina was born in Minsk, Belarus and has trained and flown across many states of America: Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, New York, Ohio, and Colorado, as well as Belarus and Mexico.

Becoming a pilot is one of the best decisions she ever made! Besides being a flight instructor, Yanina is also a software engineer, and volunteers by helping her compatriots at home affected by hardship. Yanina dreams of one day flying over the Belavezskaia National Park that borders 3 Eastern European countries and is home to Belarusian bison - the symbol of the country.

A fun fact about Yanina: at the age of 17 she twice jumped out of a perfectly functioning AN-2 Colt with a round parachute, and almost joined a professional skydiving team.