In early 1934, she went to the Baku airfield with her fellow students, and got to experience flying for the first time in a "U-2" plane. After this trip, she and her fellow students decide to form an aero club at the institute. Returning to Baku, Zuleykha finished special courses at the flight club and received the title of pilot instructor. A group of
accountants is assigned to train with her. One of the eight people in that group is her former physics teacher Jumshud Efendiyev. After graduating from the institute as an engineer-geologist in 1938, she applied to the
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy to become a professional pilot, but the academy, which accepted only men, rejected her. Seyidmammadova was also the first Azerbaijani to be admitted to the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. Züleykha, who was studying at the academy at the moment, was shocked by sudden news one day. The dean of the faculty called her to his office and informed her that her father was arrested as a spy, and if they confirm this information from Baku, she will be removed from the academy. Zuleykha turns to Baghirov again as her last hope in the face of this news. She sends a telegram to Baghirov:
"To Comrade Bagirov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan! “The enemies of the State” want to tarnish my father’s reputation. They gave false information to the Air Force Academy where I am currently studying. I was sent to study here by the republic. I am the only girl among the students. After receiving the necessary information, they will decide whether I can continue to study here or not. Please protect the rights and justice so that they do not receive any false information." Bagirov soon releases her father from prison in order not to damage the reputation of the country, and he is ordered not to talk about it anywhere. Thus, a letter goes to Moscow with the necessary content to Zuleykha: "It is a lie, Mir Habib Seyidmammadov is at home. Everything is in order." The photo of Seyidmammadova, a first-year student, was placed on the Academy's "Board of Honor" by the Komsomol organization of the faculty headed by Gurevich. On 23 February 1940 -
Red Army Day, she was promoted to the rank of junior lieutenant. Zuleikha, who is the only woman in the piloting faculty of the academy, is appointed pilot of a
fighter aircraft in the training aircraft regiment after graduation. ==Awards and honors==