Church Midwing JC-1
# Church Midwing JC-1

The Church Midwing JC-1, a.k.a. Church Mid-Wing Sport, is a midwing racing aircraft designed by James Church using the fuselage of a Heath aircraft.

## 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 Heath Parasol 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 parasol 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

* EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin - 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)

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 $m^2)$
* 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 (90 mph, 140 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 61 kn (70 mph, 110 km/h)
* Stall speed: 24 kn (28 mph, 45 km/h)
