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Dash 8s to get hybrid powerplant

Canadian engine manufacturer runs bench tests of potential game-changer.

Air New Zealand has 23 Dash 8s for which a hybrid electric engine is being developed. Photo: Grant Newman.

Grant Newman Mon, 16 Jan 2023

Québec-based aero-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) bench-tested a hybrid powerplant last December, which it hopes will power a De Havilland Canada Dash 8 test vehicle in 2024.

The engine, comprising a one-megawatt electric generator produced by Collins Aerospace driving a

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Grant Newman Mon, 16 Jan 2023
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