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FYI, the Vancouver company here operates the flights and owns the aircraft. But the electric propulsion bits comes from a company in Washington state in the US
by throwawaysea 6y ago
FYI, the Vancouver company here operates the flights and owns the aircraft. But the electric propulsion bits comes from a company in Washington state in the US (and before that they were located in Australia). The article mentions "Seattle area", which is true but a bit imprecise/misleading. MagniX is located in Redmond, and they're moving their headquarters and manufacturing further North, to Everett, where Boeing's big factories are located (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/electric-aviation-startup-magnix-opens-new-headquarters-and-production-facility-in-everett https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/elect...). MagniX is also selling their electric propulsion products to other airlines (see https://www.geekwire.com/2020/magnix-universal-hydrogen-team-electric-airplane-conversion/ https://www.geekwire.com/2020/magnix-universal-hydrogen-team...).
- TheRealPomax 6y agoTo be fair, it's not like you can tell Redmond isn't just more Seattle on a map. Same for Everett: everything from Lakewood to Everett is just "Seattle" to everyone except for the folks that live/work there.
- walrus01 6y agoalso worth mentioning, that I think the reason why MagnaX is in its location is proximity to Kenmore Air, which is one of the most experienced and high-volume aircraft workshops that has a specialty niche business in retrofits, repairs and upgrades of Beavers, Turbo Beavers, Otters and Twin Otters. It's located at the north end of lake Washington.