Can This Old Military de Havilland Beaver Be Restored With Modern Technology?

The Immortal Beaver follows the resurrection of de Havilland Beaver, "Olivia," who has been resting quietly for years in the Arizona desert, adjacent to the infamous 'airplane bone yard' outside Tucson. Features exclusive interviews with Harrison Ford- a proud Beaver pilot and owner- as the film follows the compelling story of Olivia's rescue and restoration- celebrating the history of a remarkable aircraft.

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[southendparaquest]

"Fly, yes. Land, no!"

What an amazing aircraft.

[cheagle]

Awesome you were able to find and post this footage.

[leezinke]

In April, I did the seaplane tour in on a DHC-2 beaver in Seattle. What a great plane!

[Pilotc]

I have flown several Beavers, on floats and wheels; they are all great pilots airplanes👍

[javacup]

Beautiful airplane. All in a league of its own.

[swampyankee]

The Beavers been My favorite aircraft after I saw the first one on Moosehead Lake Maine. It was a bit of a travesty they ha to make Olivia a turbo beaver, there's nothing like the sound of a P&W wasp over a remote lake.

[yolanda]

Nice to have Harrison "Taxiway" Ford interviewed on this.

[duncangough]

Great restoration, it's just a shame they could not keep it as a radial engine!

[sblack]

While I love the turbo beaver and I understand why they had to make the vertical tail much bigger I always thought it was a pity that they couldn’t keep that beautiful characteristic elliptical rudder 😢

[BlazingShackles]

They wanted me to work on this project but I told them to leave it to beaver.

[HorsleyLandy]

Why does Harrison Ford behave like he is held at gunpoint?