industry aerospace founded 1983 founder james morris morry hummel headquarters bryan ohio united states products kit aircraft website www.flyhummel.com hummel bird hummel ultracruiser hummel aviation is an american aircraft manufacturer based in bryan ohio and founded by james morris morry hummel in 1983 . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction . 1 2 the company was formed in 1983 to produce hummel s initial hummel bird design . the plane was named by jack cox in a sport aviation magazine article reviewing the design . on 9 july 1995 hummel was involved in an aircraft accident when a bolt broke in the aileron control system of the mini max he was flying . hummel was seriously injured and designed the hummel ultracruiser shortly thereafter as a consequence of a religious revelation he had during his recovery . the ultracruiser prototype was started in 1999 and was completed in june 2000 . in april 2002 a new version of the ultracruiser was designed for larger pilots the hummel ultracruiser plus . 3 another derivative model for larger pilots the hummel h5 was the most recent addition to the company s line . 2 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by hummel aviation model name first flight number built type hummel bird 1982 150 1998 single seat homebuilt aircraft adams ca 2 1992 3 1998 single seat homebuilt aircraft designed by frank griffith and sold by hummel 1999 early 2000s hummel ultracruiser 2000 100 2011 single seat ultralight aircraft hummel ultracruiser plus 2002 single seat ultralight aircraft for larger pilots hummel h5 12 2011 single seat homebuilt aircraft references edit purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook fifth edition page 178 179 . bai communications 15 july 1998 . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b vandermeullen richard 2012 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 56 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 hummel aviation 2000 . morry hummel . retrieved 5 january 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hummel aircraft . official website v t e hummel aviation aircraft ca 2 hummel bird h5 ultracruiser ultracruiser plus retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hummel aviation & oldid 668398938 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 24 june 2015 at 01 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view