B.E.2 replica down at sywell

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by PDR1

Is it? Surely a Gipsy Major would be inverted - it might be a Gypsy.

No, it's a relatively rare instance of an upright Gipsy Major.

See August 2011 GAPAN News P27-28.

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As far as I can make out, development of the initial inverted Gipsy into the Gipsy Major included better piston rings to reduce oil loss as well as increase in power to 130hp. Known to some as the Dripsy Major though, presumably not without reason.

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Accident report published by the AAIB.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a...rthamptonshire