de Havilland Gipsy Queen

The de Havilland Gipsy Queen is a British six-cylinder aero engine of 9.2 litres (560 cu in) capacity that was developed in 1936 by the de Havilland Engine Company.

[1] Produced between 1936 and 1950 Gipsy Queen engines still power vintage de Havilland aircraft types today.

Note:[2] UK Ministry of Defence designation of Gipsy Queen 30-2 Of the 11 Gipsy Queen-powered de Havilland Doves on the British register, only two remain airworthy as of April 2011[update].

[5] A Gipsy Queen II powered 1936 Percival Mew Gull (G-AEXF) is owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in the UK, and flies regularly at home, and limited away airshows, subject to serviceability.

[6] A preserved de Havilland Gipsy Queen engine is on public display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.

de Havilland Gipsy Queen 30 on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum