Magnix To Electrify Blade’s Caravan Seaplane Fleet

Graham Warwick May 27, 2021
MagniX has completed proof-of-concept flights with a Cessna 208B Caravan converted to electric propulsion.
Credit: MagniX
Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX has partnered with Blade Urban Air Mobility to electrify a fleet of Cessna Caravan seaplanes operated for Blade by Lima, New York, starting in early 2023. Under the agreement, Lima will own the supplemental type certificate for the Caravan electric-propulsion...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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