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, MagniX