Quest
Kodiak Fleet Reaches Scandinavia
Quest
Aircraft continues to expand the reach of its Kodiak
100 turboprop single with
the first delivery to a Scandinavian
customer. A 10-seat Kodiak completed a
4,400-mile ferry
trip to Fredrikstad in Southern Norway for new owner Anders
Eckhoff, who will use it for travel in Europe.
The
delivery follows last month’s announced agreement for
Quest to provide Dimor
Aerospace, the German-owned
company that owns Waco Aircraft, with three Kodiaks
that
will be equipped for humanitarian aid operations along the
Amazon in
Brazil. Two of those turboprop singles will be
fitted with Aerocet 6650
composite floats. Discussions with
Dimor are ongoing for future aircraft, Quest
said.
The
Sandpoint, Idaho aircraft manufacturer first brought the
utility aircraft to
market in December 2007 to offer a rugged,
turbine STOL option. Since then,
Quest has obtained
validations in more than 55 countries, and more than 270
aircraft are in operation for a range of public, private,
business, and
humanitarian applications.
While
it expands its markets for the Kodiak, the company is
poised to become part of
Daher’s family. Daher in June
announced plans to acquire Quest in a
move that will give
the French conglomerate a U.S. aircraft-manufacturing base.
That deal is slated for completion by year-end.
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