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Oshkosh 2011: New Money Helps Quest Aircraft Plot New Course to Same Destination for Kodiak Turboprop
Quest Aircraft Co. of Sandpoint, Idaho, introduced an executive interior for its rugged Kodiak turboprop single at E
Quest Aircraft hopes an executive interior for the Kodiak will entice more commercial operators to buy its rugged turboprop single. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
Quest Aircraft hopes an executive interior for the Kodiak will entice more commercial operators to buy its rugged turboprop single. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

Quest Aircraft Co. of Sandpoint, Idaho, introduced an executive interior for its rugged Kodiak turboprop single at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis., last week. Meanwhile, following a corporate recapitalization and restructuring earlier this year, the company’s new chairman is steering the small OEM on a new course aimed at making Quest profitable, while also achieving its original goals.

The prototype executive interior, designed and installed by Wipaire of St. Paul, Minn., included air conditioning and a Garmin GWX-68 weather radar. The new interior reduces seating capacity by only two seats, from the standard cabin’s 10 to eight, but provides a more comfortable ride, while the airplane still provides the capability for remote, off-airport operations for which it was designed. Quest is also developing a factory-installed executive interior.