Harbour Air Seaplanes launched the B次元官网网址渨orldB次元官网网址檚 first electric commercial aircraftB次元官网网址� test flight on Tuesday.
Retrofitted with a 750 horsepower all-electric magni500 propulsion system, the six-passenger DHC-2 Havilland Beaver had a successful test flight at the Harbour Air Seaplane terminal in Richmond, B.C.
The record-breaking flight is the worldB次元官网网址檚 first ever all-electric commercial aircraft lift off.
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The worldB次元官网网址檚 first electric seaplane!
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Today, we made history. Launching the worldB次元官网网址檚 first electric commercial aircraft retrofitted with a 750 horsepower all-electric magni500 propulsion system. Thank you to our amazing maintenance team and our partners at for all your efforts! Together, we did it! 馃憦
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In March, Harbour Air announced it would partner with Washington State engineering firm MagniX in its goal of becoming the first-ever all-electric airline.
Harbour Air flies to Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland Whistler, Seattle and the Sunshine Coast. In 2007 the company became the first North American airline to go carbon-neutral by buying carbon offsets.
With files from Katya Slepian.
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