Liberty L-8

Liberty L-8
First ever Liberty L-8 aircraft engine, on display at the National Air and Space Museum
TypePiston aircraft engine
National originUnited States
ManufacturerPackard
First runc. 1917
VariantsLiberty 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. The first of those built now resides in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., while the fifteenth L-8 (the only running example) powers Liberty the Second housed by the Conneaut Lake Historical Society in Conneaut Lake, PA. Another L-8 is stored at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, OH.

Specifications (Liberty L-8)

Data from National Air and Space Museum,

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

The Liberty L-8 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, OH.

Comparable engines

Related lists

References

  1. ↑ "Liberty L-8 (Packard) V-8 Engine". National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Liberty L-8 (Packard) V-8 Engine | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Liberty L-8 > National Museum of the US Air Force > Display". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Liberty the Second". conneautlakehistory. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Liberty L-8 > National Museum of the US Air Force > Display". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Retrieved 2015-11-12.