EPFD
Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD), magniX is retrofitting a De Havilland Dash 7 aircraft with a new hybrid electric propulsion system that combines traditional turbo-propellor engines with electric motors.
NASA is partnering with magniX on the EPFD project, and magniX will be conducting all their flight testing from the AeroTEC Moses Lake Flight Test Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, WA. Their Dash 7 testbed aircraft is currently painted and in Moses Lake. They will be flying the aircraft to Seattle Boeing Field the morning of Wednesday 8/21.