The Church Midwing JC-1, a.k.a. Church Mid-Wing Sport, is a midwing

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Design and development

The Church Midwing was designed to be an affordable homebuilt aircraft. Church marketed kits for $190. The open cockpit midwing aircraft featured windows in the wings for visibility downward.

Operational history

Built to be a pylon racer, a Church Midwing placed third in the 1930 National Air Races. The Church used many parts from the

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design. In 1931 the prototype was modified with an installation of a 38 hp inline air-cooled Church designed engine and a cowling modification to accommodate the cylinders protruding upward in the pilot's line of sight. A 1931 advertisement placed by Heath in Popular Mechanics extolled the virtues of its first-place finish with its

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configuration, compared to the Church's midwing planform.

Variants

; RW4 RagWing Midwing Sport Replica :An ultralight replica of the JC-1, produced by RagWing Aircraft Designs. ;Church Racer :Essentially a Midwing fitted with a model J-3 46hp Church Marathon engine.

Aircraft on Display

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- 1 A Basket case 5 year restoration completed in 1971 by Gene Chase, outfitted with a Heath-Henderson B-4 engine.

Specifications (Church Midwing JC-1)

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Aerofiles
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