The e-Beaver has landed.
A B.C.-based airline successfully completed its first electric seaplane point-to-point flight Thursday with a test trip across Georgia Strait from Richmond to North Saanich.
Harbour Air’s historic De Havilland Beaver, retrofitted in 2019 to operate using 100 per cent electricity, flew 45 miles and landed with ample reserve power, according to a company statement.
Harbour Air plans to become the world’s first emissions-free passenger airline and is working with the Redmond, Wash.-based