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BRINK-GARBER COLLECTION No. 2447. Church Midwing C-1 (NX9167 s/n 3) Builder: Chase Editor's Note: This photo from the Brink-Garber Collection was contributed by Jim Brink to Ron Dupas' outstanding website, 1000aircraftphotos. I invite you to visit his site and take advantage of the hundreds of beautiful photographs which he has placed online. You can access it by clicking on the link above. It is reproduced here by virtue of their generosity. |
Photo Courtesy of Steve Thoele |
Photo Courtesy of Steve Thoele |
2-27-2002 Ralph, This was taken from Aerofiles at http://aerofiles.com/aircraft.html . I am building a sort of a modified Church that will have a Heath "Baby Bullet" type cowl. If Jim Church is still alive he's pushing 90+ as he raced the Midwing sport and the Racer in the late 20s and early 30s; assuming he was something more than a teenager at that time. Steve 2-27-2002 Ralph, I was looking through some of my old material and came across an article that I printed out from a web site that is no longer up, but it was in the July/August 1971 issue of the International Antique Airplane News magazine. It has the story of Gene Chases restoration and test flight of his 1928 Church Midwing Sport Racer. Jim Church was in attendance of this flight in 1970. he was 68 years old at that time, which would make him 100 years old this year! Maybe he's alive, but I don't think so If it is possible for you to open this jpg it show a Heath racer in the foreground, but the second plane over is a Church Midwing racer. Steve |
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James Church died a few years after the restoration flight of the Church Midwing Racer in 1970. He is
survived by a son, James and a daughter Judy as of December 18, 2003. If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper |