Flying Teapot is the third studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, originally released by Virgin Records in May 1973.

It was the second entry in the Virgin catalogue (V2002) and was released on the same day as the first, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells (V2001).

Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios, in Oxfordshire, England, it was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and engineered by "Simon Sandwitch 2 aided by Tom Zen" (Simon Heyworth and Tom Newman).

[2] It was the first Gong album to feature English guitarist Steve Hillage, although he contributed relatively little as he arrived late in the recording process.

According to Daevid Allen, "Steve Hillage arrived eventually, but there wasn't a lot of space left.