Lycoming T53
1955 TURBOSHAFT ENGINE FAMILY BY LYCOMING
Lycoming LTC1; Lycoming T53-L-13; Avco Lycoming T53-L-13; Avco Lycoming T53; Lycoming T53-L-1; Lycoming YT53; Avco Lycoming YT53; Lycoming T53-L-701A; Kawasaki KT5311A; Lycoming T53-L-11A; Textron Lycoming LTC1K; Textron Lycoming LTC1K-4K; Honeywell T53; Honeywell T53-17A-1
The Lycoming T53, (company designation LTC-1) is a turboshaft engine used on helicopters and (as a turboprop) fixed-wing aircraft since the 1950s. It was designed at the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in Stratford, Connecticut, by a team headed by Anselm Franz, who was the chief designer of the Junkers Jumo 004 during World War II.