N498KQ Off to the Paint Shop

N498KQ is the US registration number of Kodiak 008, and the "name" it will have until it gets its registration overseas. It will become known around JAARS as "Eight Kilo Quebec," or simply "Kilo Quebec." The weather broke in Sandpoint today in time for the Quest pilot to get the "green" 8KQ to the paint shop in Seattle (FlightAware snapshot here as it descends into Snohomish County / Paine field at Everett, WA). Plans are now on track for a January 7 or 8 delivery of a finished, shiny airplane. Standing by....