Liberty L-8

Liberty L-8
First ever[citation needed] Liberty L-8 aircraft engine, on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Type Piston aircraft engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Packard
Designer Jesse G. Vincent and Elbert J. Hall
First run c. 1917
Variants Liberty L-4, Liberty L-6, Liberty L-12

The Liberty L-8 (also known as the Packard 1A-1100) was a prototype of the Liberty L-12 engine designed by Jesse Vincent and Elbert Hall. Fifteen L-8 prototypes were manufactured by several companies including Buick, Ford, Lincoln, Marmon, and Packard in 1917.[1][2] The first of those built now resides in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., while fifteenth L-8 (the only running example) powers Liberty the Second housed by the Conneaut Lake Historical Society in Conneaut Lake, PA.[3] Another L-8 is stored at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, OH.[4]

  1. ^ "Liberty L-8 (Packard) V-8 Engine | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  2. ^ "Liberty L-8 > National Museum of the US Air Force > Display". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. ^ "Liberty the Second". conneautlakehistory. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  4. ^ "Liberty L-8 > National Museum of the US Air Force > Display". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Retrieved 2015-11-12.