{"id":5839,"date":"2021-10-20T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T19:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2021-11-03T11:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:59:43","slug":"avenger-flight-groups-fort-lauderdale-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/blog\/avenger-flight-groups-fort-lauderdale-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Avenger Flight Group\u2019s Fort Lauderdale Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humble Beginnings<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, with two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/full-motion-flight-simulators\/airbus\/\"><em>Sim Industries<\/em>&nbsp;Airbus A320<\/a> full flight simulators and nine local employees, Avenger Flight Group opened our first training center and headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.&nbsp; Fort Lauderdale was chosen as the location for the first center and headquarters because of its offering of aviation transportation options.&nbsp; More than 700 daily flights to over 135 domestic and international locations are accessible from Fort Lauderdale, making it a phenomenal location for us to serve our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expansion at our Fort Lauderdale Center.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last eight years, our Fort Lauderdale center has grown significantly!&nbsp; Now, almost 30 employees work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/flight-training-centers\/north-america\/fort-lauderdale\/\">FLL training center<\/a>.&nbsp; The simulator count has grown from the original two simulators to four, with two additional simulators on the way.&nbsp; The building space has also been extended into the adjacent area, adding more office space and more simulator bays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dedicated Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so proud of this growth and grateful for the dedication of our initial nine employees: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/about-us\/pedro-sors\/\"><strong>Pedro Sors<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/about-us\/elsa-gagnon\/\">Elsa Gagnon<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/about-us\/eduardo-carrasco\/\">Eduardo Carrasco<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsim.com\/about-us\/andres-restrepo\/\">Andres Restrepo<\/a><\/strong>, and along with five technicians, who worked tirelessly to serve our customers and build the foundation of our thriving company!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humble Beginnings In 2013, with two&nbsp;Sim Industries&nbsp;Airbus A320 full flight simulators and nine local employees, Avenger Flight Group opened our first training center and headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.&nbsp; Fort Lauderdale was chosen as the location for the first center and headquarters because of its offering of aviation transportation options.&nbsp; More than 700 daily flights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[541,1],"tags":[543,542,547,588,544,546,545],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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