the French motors arrived reliability increased hugely
5,300 in the A, 5,800 in the C. We didn't get much life out of the C30, but they were reliable, engines were blue printed on overhaul. Turbomeca on the other hand gave us four hand grenade events which were not operator induced. Following one investigation the comment was made that the engine didn't meet certification requirements, something to do with oil lines, since that particular failure resulted in an oil fed fire. Absolutely loved the aircraft, but the original A was a pain in the butt with the puny pilot ventilation being just a one inch or so gasper directed to the top of ones scalp. Engineers fixed that with a BIG gasper mounted on the edge of the instrument panel. Bliss.