List of tailless aircraft

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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.

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List of aircraft

TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aériane Swift USGlider1989n/aFoot-launched.
Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde France & UKJetTransport1969Production20SST.
AeroVironment Wasp III USPropellerUAV2007n/aDate of service entry with USAF
Akaflieg München Mü5 Wastl GermanyGliderExperimental1929Prototype1
Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 Arcus GermanyGliderExperimental1988Prototype1
Antonov E-153 USSRJetFighter1947Prototype1
Arup S-1 USPropellerExperimental1932Prototype1Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-2 USPropellerExperimental1933Prototype1Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-3 USPropellerExperimental1934Prototype1Rounded "heel wing".
Arup S-4 USPropellerExperimental1935Prototype1Rounded "heel wing".
Avro 707 UKJetExperimental1949Prototype5Research for Avro Vulcan thick delta wing, 1/3 scale of Vulcan.
Avro CF-105 Arrow CanadaJetFighter1958Prototype5Supersonic.
Avro Vulcan UKJetBomber1952Production136Subsonic.
BAC 221 UKJetExperimental1964Prototype2Ogee wing. Modified version of the Fairey Delta 2.
BAE Systems Corax UKJetUAV2004Prototypen/a
Baynes Bat UKPropellerTransport1943Prototype1
Boulton Paul P.111 UKJetExperimental1950Prototype1Delta wing.
Cheranovskii BICh-26 [1] [2] USSRJetFighter1948Prototypen/a
Chizhevski BOK-5 USSRPropellerPrivate1937Prototype1
Briffaud GB-6 FrancePropellerPrivate1955Prototype1
Brochocki BKB-1 CanadaGliderPrivate1959Prototype1
Charpentier C1 FrancePropellerPrivate1934Prototype1Trimotor. [3]
Convair XF-92A USJetFighter1948Prototype1
Convair F2Y Sea Dart USJetFighter1953Prototype5Supersonic flying boat.
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger USJetFighter1953Production1,000Supersonic.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart USJetFighter1956Production342Supersonic.
Convair B-58 Hustler USJetBomber1956Production116Supersonic.
Dassault MD 550 Mystère-Delta FranceJetFighter1955Prototypen/aIn modified form renamed the Mirage I.
Dassault Mirage III FranceJetFighter1956Production1,422Supersonic jet. Many derivatives.
de Havilland DH.108 Swallow UKJetExperimental1946Prototype3
Douglas F4D Skyray USJetFighter1951Operational422
Dunne D.1 UKGliderExperimental1907Prototype1Biplane. Failed to fly with pusher power module.
Dunne D.3 UKGliderExperimental1908Prototype1Biplane.
Dunne D.4 UKPropellerExperimental1908Prototype1Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.5 UKPropellerExperimental1910Prototype1Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.6 UKPropellerExperimental1910Prototype1Pusher. Failed.
Dunne D.7 UKPropellerExperimental1911Prototype1Pusher.
Dunne D.8 UKPropellerExperimental1911Operational2Pusher biplane.
EFW N-20 SwitzerlandJetExperimental1948Prototype3N-20.01 gilder, .02 Arbalète and .03 Aiguillon.
Fairey Delta 2 UKJetExperimental1954Prototype2First aircraft to exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Later modified as the BAC 221.
Fauvel AV.36 FranceGliderPrivate1951Homebuilt100+and others by Charles Fauvel. [4]
FMA I.Ae 38 ArgentinaPropellerTransport1960Prototype1Designed by Reimar Horten.
General Aircraft GAL.56 UKGliderExperimental1944Prototype4
General Dynamics F-16XL USJetExperimental1982Prototype2Cranked delta wing.
Gotha Go 147 GermanyPropellerPatrol1936Prototype1
Granger Archaeopteryx UKPropellerPrivate1930Prototype1
Haig Minibat USMotor gliderPrivate1979Homebuilt10+
HAL Tejas IndiaJetFighter2001Production33
Handley Page HP.75 Manx UKPropellerExperimental1943Prototype1Pusher.
Handley Page HP.115 UKJetExperimental1961Prototype1Sharply swept delta wing.
Hawker P.1077UKJetFighter1949Prototype0
Hawker Siddeley HS 138UKJetStrike fighter1969Prototype0Tailess VTOL delta wing.
Hispano HA P-300 (HA-23P) SpainGliderExperimental1959/60Prototype1Developed into the Egyptian Helwan HA-300 tailed jet.
Hoffman Flying Wing USPropellerExperimental1934Prototype1Arup-type "heel wing".
Horten Aircraft HX-2 GermanyPropellerExperimental2018Prototypen/a
I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú ArgentinaGlider19496Designed by Reimar Horten and manufactured by the FMA.
I.Ae. 41 Urubú ArgentinaGlider19535Designed by Reimar Horten in Argentina.
Interstate XBDR USJetUAV1944Project0TV-guided cruise missile.
Kalinin K-12 USSRPropellerExperimental1936Prototype1 [5]
Kasper Bekas USGliderExperimental1968Prototype3
Kimura/Kayaba HK-1 JapanGliderExperimental1939Prototype1
Kayaba Ku-2 JapanGliderExperimental1940Prototype1
Kayaba Ku-3 JapanGliderExperimental1941Prototype1
Kayaba Ku-4 JapanPropellerExperimental1941Project0Cancelled before it flew.
Kollman RaptorUS1994n/a [6] [7]
Lippisch delta GermanyPropellerExperimental1931-45Prototypen/aSeveral types.
Lockheed A-12 USJetReconnaissance1962Productionn/aMach 3 capability. Long forward-fuselage chines. Several derivatives, especially the SR-71 Blackbird.
Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA USJetExperimental2000Project0Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft.
Marske Monarch USGliderExperimental1974Homebuiltn/a
Marske Pioneer USGliderExperimental1968Homebuilt17One example built of the Pioneer 1, at least 16 of the Pioneer II.
Marske XM-1 USGliderExperimental1957Prototype1
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet GermanyRocketFighter1941Production~370
Mitchell U-2 Superwing USGliderExperimental1980Homebuiltn/a
John K. Moody/Larry Mauro Easy Riser USPropellerExperimental1975n/a [8] [9]
Napier tailless fighter [10] [11] UKPropellerExperimental1946Prototype0Concept using Sabre E.122 3350 hp engine with contra-rotating propellers.
Nike PUL 9 GermanyPropellerExperimental1990Prototype1
Northrop X-4 Bantam USJetFighter1948Prototype2
Northrop Grumman RQ-180 USJetUAV2015Prototypen/aStealth surveillance aircraft.
University of Pretoria Exulans South AfricaGliderExperimental1989Prototype2Exulans I and II. "Gull" variable-sweep wing. [12] [13]
Saab 35 Draken SwedenJetFighter1955Production651Supersonic jet. Double-delta planform.
Short SB.1 UKGliderExperimental1951Prototype1Aero-isoclinic wing.
Short SB.4 Sherpa UKJetExperimental1953Prototype1Aero-isoclinic wing.
Soldenhof So.A SwitzerlandPropellerPrivate1930Prototype1Pusher. [14]
Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System AustraliaPropellerUAV2019Operationaln/aElectric powered stealth waxed cardboard 2m (6.6 ft) wingspan surveillance aircraft. [15]
Tupolev Tu-144 USSRJetTransport1968Operational16SST.
Vought F7U Cutlass USJetMultirole Fighter1948Operational320
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl UKPropellerExperimental1920s-1930sPrototype3Series of types, 3 actually built.
Weltensegler GermanyGliderPrivate1921Prototype1

See also

References

  1. Ali Nuove 2/1956
  2. Flying 1954-2.
  3. "Charpentier C-1". www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  4. Gliders of Charles Fauvel
  5. Russian Aviation Museum
  6. Raptor, Kollman Composites. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  7. Hang glider RAPTOR], Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  8. Easy Riser by Larry Mauro
  9. Original easy riser by John Moody
  10. Flight July 25th 1946
  11. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1946/1946%20-%201443.html?search=napier%20fighter%201946
  12. [https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28011/01chapters1-3.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Chapter 1. Introduction. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  13. Hang glider EXULANS, Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021).
  14. "The Soldenhof Tailless 'Plane; A Swiss Light 'Plane Two-Seater". Flight. 26 December 1930. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. "Corvo PPDS - CORVO". CORVO. SYPAQ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.