Originally Posted by
albatross
I once flew a 206L-1 750 hard working hours in one year with 1, yes, 1 AOG snag. which required 20 minutes to fix. She was a wonder machine. I still think fondly of her. We had some truly marvellous Engineers.
Straight L-1's had an engine called a "boat anchor" - C-28.
L-1 C30 with "enhamced" MGB was the pick of course (pre L-4). Had 3 on seismic, reduced to 2 as someone dropped a tree on one, of the remaining 2 only one had the enhanced MGB. That one was on drills all the time and I think we put 2400 hours on it in 12 months. Hard machines and we were operating at up to ~3000' but sometimes 45 degrees C!