De Havilland Gipsy Major

Gipsy Major
Gipsy Major 31 engine on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
Type Piston inline aero-engine
Manufacturer de Havilland Engine Company
First run 1932
Major applications de Havilland Tiger Moth
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk
Number built 14,615
Developed from de Havilland Gipsy
Developed into de Havilland Gipsy Six

The de Havilland Gipsy Major or Gipsy IIIA is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline engine used in a variety of light aircraft produced in the 1930s, including the famous Tiger Moth biplane. Many Gipsy Major engines still power vintage aircraft types.

Engines were produced by de Havilland in the UK and by the Australian arm of the company, de Havilland Australia, the latter modifying the design to use imperial measures rather than the original metric measurements.[citation needed]