Quest Aircraft
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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.
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.
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 7,365 at the 2010 census.Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products and light manufacturing, tourism and recreation and government services...
. Quest was started in 2001 to design and provide aircraft suitable for domestic and international humanitarian applications.
History
Paul Schaller became CEO of the company in 2004, and by 2009 the employment force was 340 persons.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.
Products
- Quest KodiakQuest Kodiak|-See also:-External links:* * *...
- a ten seat STOLSTOLSTOL is an acronym for short take-off and landing, a term used to describe aircraft with very short runway requirements.-Definitions:There is no one accepted definition of STOL and many different definitions have been used by different authorities and nations at various times and for a myriad of...
utility aircraft equipped with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-34Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 is one of the most popular turboprop aircraft engines in history, and is produced by Pratt & Whitney Canada. The PT6 family is particularly well known for its extremely high reliability, with MTBO's on the order of 9000 hours in some models. In US military use, they...
turbine engine of 750 hp. It received its Type Certificate on May 30, 2007 and its Production Certificate on September 15, 2009.