Quest News
Kodiak Applications: Kodiak S/N 005…A World’s First
Tuesday, July 15, 2008…Even though it wasn’t our plan when we started the adventure, accommodating this purchase by the Rhine Army Parachute Association (RAPA)—and adhering to new changes in FAA 337 modification and jump plane certification rules—has made KODIAK #5 the first new aircraft with a jump package certified through the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Office….
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Kodiak Applications: Parachute Operations…A New Adventure
Monday, June 16, 2008 … Sometimes when you head out on a new adventure it’s hard to imagine where it will lead. When we first started talking with the British Army about the purchase of KODIAK s/n 0005 by the Rhine Army Parachute Association (RAPA) we anticipated a straightforward sale. Looking at the numbers it’s…
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Quest Delivers: Customer Deliveries Continue
Tuesday, May 27, 2008…It’s springtime in Sandpoint and the aircraft flowing out the door seem to be keeping pace with the river running hard with snow melt. As a matter of fact, if you blinked, you might have missed delivery of KODIAK s/n 0003. All 215 of our growing staff came out on the tarmac…
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Kodiak Production: Meet the Band
Tuesday, April 29, 2008…Welcome to Quest’s Lean Production Techniques assembly line. Each work cell along the production line works together like a group of instruments. We’ve got the guitars, the bass, the percussion and each one plays a different part in time with the others. Together, the music is complete. Behind the scenes we’ve been…
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Strong Market for a Well Engineered Utility Aircraft
Wednesday, April 9, 2008…The original design goal of the KODIAK was to produce an airplane with the ability to land and take off from the kind of short unimproved strips usually reserved for a 206. But we wanted to be able to do this with an aircraft that burns jet fuel and carries two to…
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Quest Delivers: Spokane Turbine Center Takes S/N 002
Thursday, January 31, 2008…One step isn’t quite walking, but two is the start of a journey. Our first delivery made quite an impact on us…all of us…from the production line to the head office. But as we handed over the keys to the second owner, Spokane Turbine Center (STC), something else became clear. This is…
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Quest Delivers: First Kodiak Delivered
Friday, January 25, 2008…Here is another one of those days we’ve been anticipating since the KODIAK was a sketch on a napkin…our first delivery aircraft met its new owners. It’s another huge turning point for us. How quickly, it seems, that we’ve arrived at the convergence of development and early production goals. And fittingly with…
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GA News
A Successful QuestReprinted with permission GANews, Copyright 2008 By Meg GodlewskiPhoto Will Jones The company enters a new phase as deliveries of its Kodiak begin “We’ve worked really hard. Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know when you are heading into one of these certification programs, and that makes it really hard to predict. Everyone falls…
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Quest News: Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year
Thursday, December 20, 2007…It’s that time of year again. The snow is falling steadily and up on Schweitzer mountain the ski season is off to a great start. These days, with evenings in front a warm fire, our thoughts turn to so many of you who have joined in this amazing adventure. 2007 has been…
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Quest News: Bruce Kennedy’s Legacy Honored
Thursday, October 18, 2007…Our open house this week provided an amazing opportunity to honor the legacy of our founding chairman Bruce Kennedy…to celebrate his life and his vision for a modern backcountry airplane that could carry humanitarian supplies and missionaries to remote areas around the world. Joyce Godwin (Quest Board Chairman) introduced Bruce’s wife Karleen…
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Quest News: Board Elects New Chairman
Wednesday, August 1, 2007…Today the Quest Aircraft Board of Trustees unanimously elected Joyce Godwin as Chairman. Joyce has been with us from very early on having served on the Board since August 2002. She brings to this position an incredible wealth of experience in governance of both for-profit and non-profit organizations. We have benefited greatly…
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Kodiak Certification: AirVenture 2007 Recap
Sunday, July 29, 2007 | Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin … By all accounts AirVenture 2007 was one of the best Oshkosh air shows ever. Judging by the number of significant announcements (you know…the ones where the drape is removed and there’s actually something amazing underneath), it’s been a great year for aviation and a…
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Kodiak Certification: FAA Grants Type Certification for KODIAK
Tuesday July 17, 2007 | Clayton Scott Field, Renton, Washington… It doesn’t get much bigger or better than this. We’ve done it! With the granting of TC A00007SE the FAA has certified the KODIAK. Jeff Duven (Manager of the FAA Seattle ACO) and Paul Schaller (President and CEO of Quest) seal the deal with a…
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Kodiak Prodution: S/N 001 Joins Our Prototype in the Air
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 … Today we got to see something we’ve been anticipating since day one. Can you see the family resemblance? We’ll be carrying this photo in our wallets long after it’s faded and torn. When you start comparing all the refined details that have cometogether in 001, from the finished cockpit to…
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Kodiak Production: S/N 001 Takes to the Skies
Friday, March 16, 2007 … Today was another giant leap in the history books at Quest as KODIAK serial number 001 lifted off the ground. We’ve had a flurry of activity over the last couple weeks as our crew has worked with the FAA to bring the last details together. By this afternoon, all the…
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