The founders lived in the Sandpoint area, but the nearby Spokane area had become a home for an aviation support industry. ![]() Kodiak’s home base was somewhat accidental and lucky. While other manufacturers may outsource production, Kodiak employs their community to craft the aircraft in America. Seattle, Wichita and Toulouse are among the great aviation manufacturing centers, but the small Northern Idaho town of Sandpoint is where the tradition of crafting a plane literally from scratch survives and thrives. Not bad for a company with the vision to think big. This mission to do good and be better has now led to a global market including Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Add to this the city-bound who use the Kodiak as their urban escape vehicle. Companies with far-flung service areas use the Kodiak as their alternative to time-consuming road trips. Farmers, ranchers and rural estate owners use the Kodiak as their get in, get out transportation choice. Today, the Kodiak has found new markets throughout the world: Replacing the aging single-engine STOL aircraft (many from the 1950s) supplying aerial surveillance vehicles to parks and police assisting in wildlife management and, providing revenue-enhancing platforms to air taxi services, backcountry outfitters and parachute clubs.īusiness aviation has discovered an economical alternative to expensive jet service to intra-state destinations. In addition to creating significant synergy across the Kodiak and TBM families, the integration further reinforces Daher Aerospace’s capability to continue a dynamic strategy of regular improvements and enhancements to their aircraft offerings. ![]() With the integration of Quest, Daher Aerospace has now broadened its aircraft range – bringing the Kodiak together with the its line of TBM turboprop aircraft. In 2019, the Quest Aircraft Company was acquired by Daher Group, a French industrial conglomerate that works in the aerospace, defense, nuclear, and automotive industrial sectors in the fields of manufacturing, services and transport.
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