- Church Midwing JC-1
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Church Midwing JC-1 
A Church Midwing on display Role Racing aircraft National origin United States of America Manufacturer Church Airplane & Mfg Co Designer James Church First flight 1928 Program cost $890 in 1928 Developed from Heath Parasol The Church Midwing JC-1, a.k.a. Church Mid-Wing Sport,[1] is a midwing racing aircraft designed by James Church using the fuselage of a Heath aircraft.
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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.[2]
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 Heath Parasol design. A 1931 advertisement placed by Heath in Popular Mechanics extolled the virtues of its first place finish with its parasol configuration, compared to the Church's midwing planform.[3]
Variants
- RW4 RagWing Midwing Sport Replica
- An ultralight replica of the JC-1, produced by RagWing Aircraft Designs.[4]
- Church Racer[1]
- Essentially a Midwing fitted with a 46hp Church Marathon engine.
Aircraft on Display
Specifications (Church Midwing JC-1)
Data from EAA
General characteristics
- Length: 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
- Wingspan: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
- Wing area: 110 sq ft (10 m2)
- Empty weight: 367 lb (166 kg)
- Gross weight: 584 lb (265 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 4.5 Gal (17 litres)
- Powerplant: 1 × Heath-Henderson B-4 Inline 4 cylnder, 27 hp (20 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 78 kn; 140 km/h (90 mph)
- Cruise speed: 61 kn; 110 km/h (70 mph)
- Stall speed: 24 kn; 45 km/h (28 mph)
References
- ^ a b "American airplanes: Ca - Ci". Aerofiles.com. 2008-08-15. http://aerofiles.com/_ca.html. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ Jay P. Spenser, National Air and Space Museum. Aeronca C-2: the story of the flying bathtub.
- ^ Popular Mechanics. January 1931.
- ^ "RW4 RagWing Midwing Sport Replica". http://www.ragwing.net/fleet/RW04MidWingSport.html. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Church Midwing". http://museum.eaa.org/collection/aircraft/Church%20Midwing.asp#TopOfPage. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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