SARA VELEZ

BIRTH DATE: 08/02/1990 ZODIAC: LEO
BIRTH PLACE: LONG BEACH, CA EYES: BROWN
RESIDENCE: LAS VEGAS, NV HEIGHT: 5' - 05"
TWITTER: WEIGHT: 130 LBS
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Sara fell in love with aerobatics and dynamic maneuvering from the first introduction. She is a civilian combat fighter pilot and a former Flight Instructor at the Sky Combat Ace. She is a Certified Flight Instructor for Single-Engine, Multi-Engine, Instrument, and Aerobatics with over 1,700 hours of flight time. She is experienced with over 400 hours of aerial combat flight time and is skilled with air combat tactics, stunts, aerobatics, and dynamic maneuvering. 

Sara is a Senior at the Utah Valley University working on her Bachelor of Science in Aviation.

Biography

My name is Sara Velez. Born to a Japanese mom and a Porto Rican dad, life is full of excitement and unconventional. Raised in Long Beach, CA, I moved around the country from California to the east coast, to eventually make my way back to the west coast. I first started taking flight lessons in Oregon, but later moved to Salt Lake City where I completed my training. I flight instructed in SLC for a short period of time before moving to Las Vegas to fly tours over the Grand Canyon. 


All throughout flight training, I was extremely interested in aerobatics and dynamic maneuvering but did not have access to any aerobatic planes so I took a ride at Sky Combat Ace where I was first introduced to dynamic maneuvering and fell in love. I didn’t think I had the experience to apply since most of the pilots flew Airshows and the owner was a former F-16 pilot, but I was persistent and was given the opportunity to work for them and was dedicated to training from that point on. 


During this time, I started with aerobatics and formation. Next was air-to-air combat, red flags as well as flight lead. The training was intense and thorough and I wouldn’t change this experience for the world. It’s developed my love and appreciation for this type of flying and to be able to do this as a job.


Quitting is not an option! Embracing the suck is key to becoming the World Champion of the Jet 1 Cup.


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Career Highlights

2022 - Starts career as a Daring Jet Team Jet 1 Cup Fighter Pilot

2022 - 2023 Jet 1 Cup Series Season Statistics

The season starts in October 2022

News

06/10/2022 - Sara accepted the position of the Daring Jet Team Jet 1 Cup Championship Fighter Pilot.

Pilot Appearances

Note: All appearances are subject to change.