Summary
The Museum's Gipsy Major engine carries the serial no. T.1 as the first Australian-built Gipsy Major engine. After completion it was tested by the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in May 1941. It was retained by the CSIR Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL) at Fishermans Bend and subsequently donated to the Museum by ARL in 1952. This is also the first engine of any type built by General Motors-Holden's prior to beginning motor car manufacturing in 1948.
More Information
-
Collecting Areas
-
Acquisition Information
Donation from Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL), 27 May 1952
-
Manufacturer
General Motors Holden's Ltd (GMH), Fishermans Bend (Fishermen's Bend), Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1940
Manufacturer. -
Designer
The De Havilland Engine Co. Ltd, Stag Lane, Herefordshire, England, Great Britain, circa 1931
Designer & Licensor. -
Place & Date Tested
Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1941-1952
-
Inscriptions
On engine plaque: ' GIPSY MAJOR / SERIES I / AERO ENGINE / ENGINE NO T1 /BUILT UNDER COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LICENSE / BY / GENERAL MOTORS-HOLDEN'S LTD / MELBOURNE-AUSTRALIA '
-
Model Name or Number
-
Brand Names
-
Classification
Air transport, Aero engines, Reciprocating propeller engines
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Overall Dimensions
1050 mm (Length), 750 mm (Width), 480 mm (Height)
-
Keywords
Aero Engines, Internal Combustion Engines, Military Aircraft, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945
