THE GOOD OLD RELIABLE T53

December 1994 was the 50th anniversary of the initial running of the Lycoming T53, the first turbine engine designed specifically for helicopters. Over the past five decades, the pioneering powerplant, the brainchild of Anselm Franz, Ph.D., earned a reputation for reliability and maintainability in...

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