Sorrell Aviation


Sorrell Aviation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Tenino, Washington, founded by Hobart C Sorrell and sons John, Mark and Tim in about 1958. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction including for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.
The company's first design was the Sorrell Dr.1, a single seat, 3/4 scale replica of the First World War Fokker Dr.1 triplane that was produced in 1957.
Well known for designing negative-stagger cabin biplanes, the company produced the single seat homebuilt Sorrell Guppy, first flying in 1967. The aerobatic Sorrell Hiperbipe was introduced in 1973. A later design of the company was the 1983 single-seat Sorrell SNS-8 Hiperlight design for the US FAR 103 ultralight category. It was sold initially by Sunrise Aircraft of Sheridan, Oregon and was still in production by Thunderbird Aviation of Ray, Michigan in 2015.
The company's final design was the 1985 two seat version of the SNS-8, the Sorrell SNS-9 Hiperlight, which also remained in production in 2015 by Thunderbird Aviation.

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Sorrell Dr.119571Single seat homebuilt aircraft, 3/4 scale replica of the World War I Fokker Dr.1 triplane.
Sorrell DFG-119581Single seat homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Nieuport 1719611Single seat homebuilt aircraft, 3/4 scale replica of the World War I Nieuport 17 biplane.
Sorrell Biggy Rat19671Single seat homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Golden Condorhomebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Intruderhomebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Guppy1967Single seat biplane homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell SNS-419701Two seat biplane homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Robinson Wenoso1970s1Single seat biplane homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell Hiperbipe1973Two seat biplane homebuilt aircraft
Sorrell SNS-8 Hiperlight1982603 Single seat biplane ultralight aircraft
Sorrell SNS-9 Hiperlight198526 Two seat biplane homebuilt aircraft