Quest Aircraft is here at NBAA 2017 promoting the Kodiak utility turboprop single, 222 of which have been delivered since the airplane received FAA type certification in 2007. The company team is well prepped to explain why, despite appearances, the Kodiak and Cessna’s Caravan are not two peas in a pod. Said Quest CEO Rob Wells, appointed to the position in January this year, “They’re both niche aircraft, but entirely different.” One of the Idaho-based company’s most pressing priorities in the effort to expand the niche is to expose more people to flying the Kodiak, since the airplane itself provides a narrative more compelling than a brochure or sales pitch can convey. To that end, Quest launched a Kodiak amphibian sporting Aerocet carbon-fiber floats on a North American tour this past summer. (AIN flew the airplane in Central New York for a pilot report published in the September issue of Aviation International News.)
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