Quest Aircraft
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Headquarters | Sandpoint, Idaho, United States |
| Key people | CEO: Ron Wright |
| Products | General aviation aircraft |
| Employees | 155 (August 2010) |
| Website | www.questaircraft.com |
Quest Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturing company located in Sandpoint, Idaho. Quest was started in 2001 to design and provide aircraft suitable for domestic and international humanitarian applications.
[edit] History
Paul Schaller became CEO of the company in 2004, and by 2009 the employment force was 340 persons.[1]
Following a soft economy, in 2010 the workforce was reduced down to 155 employees, but 2011 saw a fresh infusion of capital and a change in executive leadership as Schaller migrated to a consulting role in the company.[2]
[edit] Products
- Quest Kodiak - a ten seat STOL utility aircraft equipped with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-34 turbine engine of 750 hp (559 kW). It received its Type Certificate on May 30, 2007 and its Production Certificate on September 15, 2009.
[edit] References
- Marsh, Alton K. AOPA Pilot 2006
[edit] External links
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