When WASP was disbanded after World War II, former WASP aviator Marge Hurlburt took up air racing, becoming interested in a new midget class of racing airplanes that had first been proposed before the war: these would be smaller, lighter, and cheaper to build than those then in use and thus suitable for civilian pilots and homebuilders to build and fly.

[2][3] Together with fellow WASP aviators Anna Logan and Duke Caldwell, she formed a consortium to design and build such a plane, which required a stock 85 hp (63 kW) engine, fixed pitched propeller, and non-retractable landing gear.

[2][3] Known ultimately as the "Hurlburt Hurricane", their design was powered by an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 engine.

[3][6] A group of pilots and aviation enthusiasts has formed to make the Hurlburt Hurricane airworthy again.

[4] Peanut-scale models of the Hurlburt Hurricane have been built from plans drawn by Dave Livesay.