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Our History
In 1907, Demorest was restructured and named the Lycoming Foundry and Machine Company, focusing on the design and manufacture of engines. Over the next 25 years, 57 Lycoming engine models powered over 250 different automobiles, including the venerable Cord, Auburn, and Duesenberg.
Lycoming engines power a wide range of aircraft, are consistently reliable and are backed by a worldwide network of sales, service and technical support. As the industry leader, Lycoming continues to improve the performance and value delivered to its customers through research and development with enhanced valve train systems, alternative fuels and materials advancement. About Textron Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is a $10 billion multi-industry company operating in 33 countries with approximately 37,000 employees in continuing operations. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO and Greenlee, among others. More information is available at www.textron.com. LYCOMING MILESTONES
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In 1845, when Williamsport, PA was known as the Lumber Capital of the World, Madame Ellen Curtis Demorest founded the Demorest Manufacturing Company. Over the next 60 years, Demorest produced sewing machines, bicycles, typewriters, duplicators, gas irons, and printing presses.
On April 3, 1929, a Beech-designed TravelAir biplane was the first aircraft to feature a Lycoming motor (the nine-cylinder, 215 horsepower R-680 radial engine) on successful trial flights. It was christened "The Lycoming" because the Lycoming Manufacturing Company, now known as Lycoming Engines, built the motor. The successful trial came just two years after Charles Lindbergh flew his "Spirit of St. Louis" nonstop from New York to Paris marking the "golden age of aviation" and introduced Lycoming as the world's foremost piston aircraft engine manufacturer. Over the next twenty years, Lycoming built over 25,000 R-680 radial engines and established a worldwide reputation for excellence that has thrived ever since.
Headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, today Lycoming is a global operating division of Textron's Avco Corporation subsidiary, and an operating unit of Textron Systems, specializing in the engineering, manufacturing, assembly, test and support of piston aircraft engines. Lycoming's factory produces the most complete line of horizontally opposed, air-cooled, four-, six- and eight-cylinder engines available including the only FAA-certified aerobatic and helicopter piston engines on the market. The company has built more than 325,000 piston aircraft engines and powers more than half the world's general aviation fleet, both rotary and fixed wing.| Engines | Parts | How to Buy | Support | News and Events | Company | Merchandise Privacy | Terms & Conditions | Legal | Employee Emergency Information Lycoming Engines is a division of AVCO Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc. |