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#227 Electrifying the Skies: Harbour Air’s Green Revolution

The De Havilland Beaver is a single pilot, seven passenger piston airplane that’s an icon of Canadian aviation. It has been out of production for over 50 years but is still a popular plane for short flights to Canada’s most remote areas.
The De Havilland Beaver now finds itself on the cutting edge of aviation. Harbour Air, a trailblazing regional airline from Canada is on a mission to become the world’s first carbon-zero airline by retrofitting their iconic de Havilland Beavers with MagniX’s cutting-edge electric engines. 
In this episode we hear how Harbour Air and MagniX retrofit a Beaver that in 2022 completed its first point to point test flight and the challenges surrounding electric flight.
Guests
Erica Holtz, Harbour Air
Miguel Marmol, Vice President of engineering, MagniXThe post <a href="https://engineeringmatters.reby.media/2023/08/17/227-electrifying-the-skies-harbour-airs-green-revolution/">#227 Electrifying the Skies: Harbour Air’s Green Revolution</a> first appeared on <a href="https://engineeringmatters.reby.media">Engineering Matters</a>.

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