Kenmore Beavers on an airfield in Europe. Each Beaver was flown from Seattle, across the North Atlantic by the new owners. The yellow and maroon Beaver encountered 200 foot ceilings in the mid-Atlantic, lasting for 600 grueling miles. The yellow and green beauty logged 70 hours from Seattle to Switzerland.

New factory Beavers haven’t been available since de Havilland shut down the production line in 1967. That’s actually good news for Beaver lovers, because we at Kenmore Air Harbor turn them out better than new.

Kenmore-rebuilt Beavers incorporate the latest improvement and have become the standard by which all Beavers are judged.

The Beaver is incredibly durable. Our own N9766Z has over 30,000 hours. Pictured here, 66Z is undergoing a thorough rebuild .

We start with an old, worn-out Beaver—often an ex-military one—and truck it to our Lake Washington facility.

We disassemble it right down to the frame and section by section, piece by piece, give it a thorough cleaning.

Our rebuild teams makes repairs and incorporates both standard Kenmore mods and any custom mods requested by the customer.

We install avionics, upholstery, a zero-time engine and brand-new floats or landing gear.

Kenmore Air owns and flies the last piston Beaver – N900KA (right) and the last Turbo Beaver – N9744T (left) built by de Havilland. N900KA is a local celebrity in the Seattle area. We painted her especially for KING TV to be used on the popular “Evening Magazine” program. She was named “Maggie” in an audience contest.

After painting, we reassemble the airplane and fly it. At this point, we’ve put nearly 4,500 man-hours into the project.

We’ve rebuilt more than 135 Beavers so far, including several for international customers and those in our own fleet.

Kenmore Air has a unique position in the world of aviation; an airline that builds its own planes.