[1] Questair, Inc. was founded by Ed MacDonough and Jim Griswold in the mid 1980s.

[citation needed] The aircraft is of all-metal construction using pre-formed multi-curvature panels and is supplied as a kit to homebuilders.

The Venture has a complex tricycle retractable undercarriage, but the Spirit version has a fixed spatted wheel fairings on the main landing gear, the nose landing gear remaining retractable.

[4] The first Venture made its maiden flight on 1 July 1987, and in 1991 it was followed by the Questair Spirit which had an optional third rear seat as well as fixed tricycle undercarriage.

[5] In 1991, a Questair Venture set a time-to-climb record for its class of two minutes, thirty-one seconds to reach 3000 meters.