Southern Aviators Flight Training LLC Opens for Business
RESERVE, LA - Filling a much-needed void in St. John Parish and at our airport, the Port of Louisiana is happy to announce the opening of Southern Aviators Flight Training LLC. The flight training school, owned and operated by La Place, LA resident Quintin G. Wilson (aka Quintin Gerard W.), will be based at Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) in Reserve, LA.
Southern Aviators Flight Training, LLC , a member of Flight School Association of North America, was established last month and is now providing quality flight training services to the River Parishes Region and southern Louisiana by servicing students throughout the region who want to learn to fly, or advance their aviation ratings and careers. “Executive Regional Airport has received numerous calls over the years from persons interested in getting their pilot’s license and we have always had to send them to other airports for this service, now we can say ‘there is a company operating here at KAPS’ “stated Paul Aucoin, Executive Director, Port of South Louisiana. “We thank Southern Aviators Flight Training LLC for choosing to open their business at KAPS and bring that market niche here” added Aucoin.
Wilson stated, “Our goal is to support talented future pilots and also current pilots who want to develop and share their love for flying and aviation!” Growing up in Louisiana, Quintin Gerard W. had two driving passions: Music and Flying. These two had him pondering life as both a musician and pilot. Though economic necessity at the time led him to immerse himself in music lessons and set his dreams of the skies aside, he now enjoys the best of both worlds— a thriving career as a Contemporary Jazz artist and a Private Pilot since 2001. He owns his own plane (a 1974 Cessna Skyhawk 172M) and is currently working towards his Instruments (IFR), and Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) rating in the hopes of teaching students of all ages how to fly!
Southern Aviators Flight Training, LLC is an upstart Flight Training program that is entering the aviation market targeting prospective student pilots. Southern Aviators Flight Training, LLC will be providing Discovery Flights, Commercial Transport Flights, as well as Scenic Flights and City Tours as well!
For more information please visit: www.SouthernAviators.com.
About the Founder and President: Quintin took his discovery flight at Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles, Ca in 1998 and never looked back. He knew at that time that he wanted to achieve his Private Pilot Certificate in the hopes that one day he could be involved in Aviation in some capacity. Quintin moved to Orlando, FL in 1999 and completed his flight training for his Private Pilot Certificate at Air Orlando on May 22, 2001. He then relocated back to LaPlace, LA in 2003 where he has enjoyed working as a Recording Artist, Musician, and Producer! Quintin purchased his first airplane in October of 2015 and has been flying at will since then. Most of his free time is spent at the Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport cleaning and maintaining his aircraft as a resident/lease tenant of the airport. Quintin Gerard W. studied Music at Loyola University in New Orleans and received a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. Business/Management) at Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) in Hammond, Louisiana.
