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A tailless aircraft is one which has no separate horizontal stabilizer or control surface, either behind or in front of the main wing.

List of aircraft[edit]

See also: List of flying wings
Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes
Aériane Swift US Glider 1989 n/a Foot-launched.
Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde France & UK Jet Transport 1969 Production 20 SST.
AeroVironment Wasp III US Propeller UAV 2007 n/a Date of service entry with USAF
Akaflieg München Mü5 Wastl Germany Glider Experimental 1929 Prototype 1
Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 Arcus Germany Glider Experimental 1988 Prototype 1
Antonov E-153 USSR Jet Fighter 1947 Prototype 1
Arup S-1 US Propeller Experimental 1932 Prototype 1 Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-2 US Propeller Experimental 1933 Prototype 1 Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-3 US Propeller Experimental 1934 Prototype 1 Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-4 US Propeller Experimental 1935 Prototype 1 Rounded "heel wing".
Avro 707 UK Jet Experimental 1949 Prototype 5 Research for Avro Vulcan thick delta wing, 1/3 scale of Vulcan.
Avro CF-105 Arrow Canada Jet Fighter 1958 Prototype 5 Supersonic.
Avro Vulcan UK Jet Bomber 1952 Production 136 Subsonic.
BAC 221 UK Jet Experimental 1964 Prototype 2 Ogee wing. Modified version of the Fairey Delta 2.
BAE Systems Corax UK Jet UAV 2004 Prototype n/a
Baynes Bat UK Propeller Transport 1943 Prototype 1
Boulton Paul P.111 UK Jet Experimental 1950 Prototype 1 Delta wing.
Chizhevski BOK-5 USSR Propeller Private 1937 Prototype 1
Briffaud GB-6 France Propeller Private 1955 Prototype 1
Brochocki BKB-1 Canada Glider Private 1959 Prototype 1
Charpentier C1 France Propeller Private 1934 Prototype 1 Trimotor.[1]
Convair XF-92A US Jet Fighter 1948 Prototype 1
Convair F2Y Sea Dart US Jet Fighter 1953 Prototype 5 Supersonic flying boat.
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger US Jet Fighter 1953 Production 1,000 Supersonic.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart US Jet Fighter 1956 Production 342 Supersonic.
Convair B-58 Hustler US Jet Bomber 1956 Production 116 Supersonic.
Dassault MD 550 Mystère-Delta France Jet Fighter 1955 Prototype n/a In modified form renamed the Mirage I.
Dassault Mirage III France Jet Fighter 1956 Production 1,422 Supersonic jet. Many derivatives.
de Havilland DH.108 Swallow UK Jet Experimental 1946 Prototype 3
Douglas F4D Skyray US Jet Fighter 1951 Operational 422
Dunne D.1 UK Glider Experimental 1907 Prototype 1 Biplane. Failed to fly with pusher power module.
Dunne D.3 UK Glider Experimental 1908 Prototype 1 Biplane.
Dunne D.4 UK Propeller Experimental 1908 Prototype 1 Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.5 UK Propeller Experimental 1910 Prototype 1 Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.6 UK Propeller Experimental 1910 Prototype 1 Pusher. Failed.
Dunne D.7 UK Propeller Experimental 1911 Prototype 1 Pusher.
Dunne D.8 UK Propeller Experimental 1911 Operational 2 Pusher biplane.
EFW N-20 Switzerland Jet Experimental 1948 Prototype 3 N-20.01 gilder, .02 Arbalète and .03 Aiguillon.
Fairey Delta 2 UK Jet Experimental 1954 Prototype 2 First aircraft to exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Later modified as the BAC 221.
Fauvel AV.36 France Glider Private 1951 Homebuild 100+ and others by Charles Fauvel.[2]
FMA I.Ae 38 Argentina Propeller Transport 1960 Prototype 1 Designed by Reimar Horten.
General Aircraft GAL.56 UK Glider Experimental 1944 Prototype 4
General Dynamics F-16XL US Jet Experimental 1982 Prototype 2 Cranked delta wing.
Gotha Go 147 Germany Propeller Patrol 1936 Prototype 1
Granger Archaeopteryx UK Propeller Private 1930 Prototype 1
Haig Minibat US Motor glider Private 1979 Homebuild 10+
HAL Tejas India Jet Fighter 2001 Production 33
Handley Page HP.75 Manx UK Propeller Experimental 1943 Prototype 1 Pusher.
Handley Page HP.115 UK Jet Experimental 1961 Prototype 1 Sharply swept delta wing.
Hawker Siddeley HS 138 UK Jet Strike fighter 1969 Prototype 0 Tailess VTOL delta wing.
Hispano HA P-300 (HA-23P) Spain Glider Experimental 1959/60 Prototype 1 Developed into the Egyptian Helwan HA-300 tailed jet.
Hoffman Flying Wing US Propeller Experimental 1934 Prototype 1 Arup-type "heel wing".
Horten Aircraft HX-2 Germany Propeller Experimental 2018 Prototype n/a
I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú Argentina Glider 1949 6 Designed by Reimar Horten and manufactured by the FMA.
I.Ae. 41 Urubú Argentina Glider 1953 5 Designed by Reimar Horten in Argentina.
Interstate XBDR US Jet UAV 1944 Project 0 TV-guided cruise missile.
Kalinin K-12 USSR Propeller Experimental 1936 Prototype 1 [3]
Kasper Bekas US Glider Experimental 1968 Prototype 3
Kimura/Kayaba HK-1 Japan Glider Experimental 1939 Prototype 1
Kayaba Ku-2 Japan Glider Experimental 1940 Prototype 1
Kayaba Ku-3 Japan Glider Experimental 1941 Prototype 1
Kayaba Ku-4 Japan Propeller Experimental 1941 Project 0 Cancelled before it flew.
Kollman Raptor US 1994 n/a [4][5]
Lippisch delta Germany Propeller Experimental 1931-45 Prototype n/a Several types.
Lockheed A-12 US Jet Reconnaissance 1962 Production n/a Mach 3 capability. Long forward-fuselage chines. Several derivatives, especially the SR-71 Blackbird.
Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA US Jet Experimental 2000 Project 0 Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft.
Marske Monarch US Glider Experimental 1974 Homebuild n/a
Marske Pioneer US Glider Experimental 1968 Homebuild 17 One example built of the Pioneer 1, at least 16 of the Pioneer II.
Marske XM-1 US Glider Experimental 1957 Prototype 1
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Germany Rocket Fighter 1941 Production ~370
Mitchell U-2 Superwing US Glider Experimental 1980 Homebuild n/a
John K. Moody/Larry Mauro Easy Riser US Propeller Experimental 1975 n/a [6][7]
Nike PUL 9 Germany Propeller Experimental 1990 Prototype 1
Northrop X-4 Bantam US Jet Fighter 1948 Prototype 2
Northrop Grumman RQ-180 US Jet UAV 2015 Prototype n/a Stealth surveillance aircraft.
University of Pretoria Exulans South Africa Glider Experimental 1989 Prototype 2 Exulans I and II. "Gull" variable-sweep wing.[8][9]
Saab 35 Draken Sweden Jet Fighter 1955 Production 651 Supersonic jet. Double-delta planform.
Short SB.1 UK Glider Experimental 1951 Prototype 1 Aero-isoclinic wing.
Short SB.4 Sherpa UK Jet Experimental 1953 Prototype 1 Aero-isoclinic wing.
Soldenhof So.A Switzerland Propeller Private 1930 Prototype 1 Pusher.[10]
Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System Australia Propeller UAV 2019 Operational n/a Electric powered stealth waxed cardboard 2m (6.6 ft) wingspan surveillance aircraft.[11]
Tupolev Tu-144 USSR Jet Transport 1968 Operational 16 SST.
Vought F7U Cutlass US Jet Multirole Fighter 1948 Operational 320
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl UK Propeller Experimental 1920s-1930s Prototype 3 Series of types, 3 actually built.
Weltensegler Germany Glider Private 1921 Prototype 1

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Charpentier C-1". www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. ^ Gliders of Charles Fauvel
  3. ^ Russian Aviation Museum
  4. ^ Raptor, Kollman Composites. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  5. ^ [1] Hang glider RAPTOR], Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  6. ^ Easy Riser by Larry Mauro
  7. ^ Original easy riser by John Moody
  8. ^ [https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28011/01chapters1-3.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Chapter 1. Introduction. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  9. ^ Hang glider EXULANS, Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021).
  10. ^ "The Soldenhof Tailless 'Plane; A Swiss Light 'Plane Two-Seater". Flight. 26 December 1930. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Corvo PPDS - CORVO". CORVO. SYPAQ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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