Packard-Le Père LUSAC-11

LUSAC-11
The LUSAC-11 which broke the World altitude record in 1920 and 1921
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin United States of America
Manufacturer Engineering Division/Packard
Designer Georges Lepère
First flight 15 May 1918
Primary user United States Army Air Service
Number built 30
Developed into Waterman 3-L-400

The LUSAC-11 ("Lepère United States Army Combat") is an early American two-seat fighter aircraft. It was a French design, commissioned and built in the United States during World War I and ordered in large numbers by the United States Army Air Corps, but these were canceled at the end of the war, and only 30 were built. The type was used for experimental purposes, setting several altitude records during the 1920s.

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