Kodiak plane from Quest Aircraft from Sandpoint, Idaho applauded at aviation biz lunch

If you want an example of a dynamic Idaho startup with global potential, look to the skies for Quest Aircraft Company’s http://www.questaircraft.com/ rugged backcountry plane, the Kodiak.

That was the message at Thursday’s meeting of the Idaho Business Aviation Association when it hosted an early morning flight followed by an afternoon luncheon with Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Tom Schaller, CEO of the Sandpoint-based company.

“Aviation has been an important part of Idaho’s history and I can tell you it’s going to have an important part in Idaho’s future,” said Otter, a longtime pilot himself. “One would have to be very near-sighted not to see how important it really is.”

by Zach Hagadone

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