F+W C-3605
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The F+W C-3605, nicknamed Schlepp or "Alpine Anteater", is a target towing aircraft operated by the Swiss Air Force from 1971–1987. The aircraft was developed during the latter half of the 1960s by th
Schlepp in flight at the AirExpo 2015
C-3605 at the Aviation Museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland.
C-3605 HB-RDH airborne over the Swiss alps
A "warbird" C-3605 parked on the tarmac.
Lycoming T53
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The Lycoming T53, is a turboshaft engine used on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft since the 1950s. It was designed at the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in Stratford, Connecticut, by a team heade
F+W C-3605
…work began under the direction of Jean-Pierre Weibel to convert the 102nd C-3603 into the prototype C-3605. The selected replacement engine was a Lycoming T53 turboprop. This was much lighter than the piston engine of the C-3603 and so the conversion included an extension of the nose of the aircraft by 1.82…
Cutaway view of an early T53 turboprop, with single stage HP and power turbines
Lycoming T53-L-1 turboshaft engine at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, USA