Aircraft Engine [de Havilland Gipsy Six]

Object detail

Accession number

2011.499

Maker

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited

Production period

1930s

Description

de Havilland Gipsy Six I, 6-Cylinder inline inverted piston engine, air-cooled; 200hp; Displacement 9.18L.

Painted black and mounted in perspex display case.
As fitted to Percival Gull monoplane G-ADPR flown by Jean Batten.

Marks

GIPSY SIX Casting
SERIAL NO 3785 / UP TO S598 Maker's Plate

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal

Collection

Engine Collection
Jean Batten Collection

Credit Line

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited. Circa 1935. Aircraft Engine [de Havilland Gipsy Six], 2011.499. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Engine Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology Energy Production T&E Power Producing Equipment

Production place

England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject

Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 Percival Gull Motors Airplanes

Collection type

Air and Space Transport

Subject auto tags

Automotive design Motor vehicle Engineering Machine Aircraft Automotive exterior Space Metal Event Glass

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Name/Title: G-ADPR Engine log book Maker: Great Britain. Ministry of Civil Aviation, The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hunting Percival Aircraft Limited, Warden Aviation and Engineering Company, The Shuttleworth Collection of Old Warden Aerodrome Production date: 1943-1994 Accession number: MSS-2017-22.27 See full details

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