List of tailless aircraft

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
See also: List of flying wings
TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aériane SwiftGliderFoot-launched
Aerospatiale-BAC ConcordeFrance & UKJetTransport1969ProductionSST
AeroVironment Wasp IIIUAV
Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 Arcus1988
Arup S-11932Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-21933Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-31934Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-41935Rounded "heel wing"
Avro 707UKJetExperimental1949PrototypeResearch for Avro Vulcan thick delta wing, 1/3 scale of Vulcan
Avro CF-105 ArrowCanadaJetFighter1958PrototypeSupersonic. Five completed.
Avro VulcanUKJetBomber1952ProductionSubsonic.
BAC 221UKJetExperimental1964PrototypeOgee wing. Modified version of the Fairey Delta 2.
BAE Systems CoraxUKUAV2004Prototype
Baynes BatUKPropellerTransport1943Prototype
Boulton Paul P.111UKJetExperimentalPrototypedelta wing
BOK-5USSRPropellerPrivate1937PrototypeBOK - Byuro Osobykh Konstruktsiy
Briffaud GB-6FrancePropellerPrivate1955Prototype
Brochocki BKB-1
Charpentier C1France1935Trimotor.[1]
Convair XF-92AUSJetFighter1948Prototype
Convair F2Y Sea DartUSJetFighterPrototypeSupersonic flying boat.
Convair F-102 Delta DaggerUSJetFighter1953ProductionSupersonic
Convair F-106 Delta DartUSJetFighter1956ProductionSupersonic
Convair B-58 HustlerUSJetBomber1956ProductionSupersonic
Dassault MD 550 Mystère-DeltaFranceJetFighter1955PrototypeIn modified form renamed the Mirage I.
Dassault Mirage IIIFranceJetFighter1956ProductionSupersonic jet. Many derivatives.
de Havilland DH.108 SwallowUKJetExperimentalPrototype
DINFIA IA 38ArgentinaPropellerTransport1960PrototypeDesigned by Reimar Horten.
Douglas F4D SkyrayUSJet1951
DunneUKPropeller1907-1913Several types
Fairey Delta 2UKJetExperimental1954Prototype2 built. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Later modified as the BAC 221.
Fauvel AV.36and others by Charles Fauvel [2]
General Aircraft GAL.56UKGlider1944Prototype
General Dynamics F-16XLUSJetExperimentalPrototypecranked delta wing
Gotha Go 147GermanyPropellerPatrol1936Prototype
Granger ArchaeopteryxUKPropeller
Haig Minibat
HAL TejasIndiaJet
Handley Page HP.75 ManxUKPropeller1943pusher
Handley Page HP.115UKJetExperimental1961Prototypesharply swept delta wing
Hoffman taillessArup-type "heel wing"
Horten HX-2GermanyPropellerExperimental2018Prototype
I.Ae. 34 Clen AntúArgentinaGlider1949Designed by Reimar Horten and manufactured by the FMA.
I.Ae. 41 UrubúArgentinaGliderDesigned by Reimar Horten in Argentina.
Interstate XBDR
Kalinin K-12USSR1936[3]
Kasper Bekas
Kimura/Kayaba HK-1JapanGliderExperimental1939Prototype
Kayaba Ku-2JapanGliderExperimental1940Prototype
Kayaba Ku-3JapanGliderExperimental1941Prototype
Kayaba Ku-4JapanPropellerExperimentalProjectCancelled in 1941 before it flew.
Kollman Composites Raptor[4]
Lippisch deltaGermanyPropellerExperimentalPrototypeSeveral types
Lockheed A-12USJetReconnaissance1962ProductionMach 3 capability. Long forward-fuselage chines. Several derivatives, especially the SR-71 Blackbird.
Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTAUSJetExperimental2000ProjectMulti-Axis No-Tail Aircraft
Marske Monarch
Marske Pioneer
Marske XM-1
Messerschmitt Me 163 KometGermanyRocketFighterProductionRocket powered.
Mitchell U-2 Superwing1977
John K. Moody/Larry Mauro Easy Riser[5][6]
Nike PUL 9GermanyPropellerExperimental1990Prototype
Northrop X-4 BantamUSJetFighter1948Prototype
Northrop Grumman RQ-180USUAVStealth surveillance aircraft2015Prototype
University of Pretoria ExulansGliderPrototypeStromburg wing.[7][8]
Saab 35 DrakenSwedenJetFighter1955ProductionSupersonic jet. Double-delta planform.
Short SB.1UKGliderExperimentalPrototypeAero-isoclinic wing research.
Short SB.4 SherpaUKExperimentalPrototypeAero-isoclinic wing research.
Soldenhof So.ASwitzerlandPropellerPrivate1930PrototypePusher.[9]
Tupolev Tu-144USSRJetTransportOperationalSST
Vought F7U CutlassUSJet1948
Westland-Hill PterodactylUKPropeller1920s-1930sPrototypeSeries of types
WeltenseglerGermanyGlider1921

See also

References
  1. "Charpentier C-1". www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. Gliders of Charles Fauvel
  3. Russian Aviation Museum
  4. Kollman Composites Raptor Archived 2012-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Easy Riser by Larry Mauro
  6. Original easy riser by John Moody
  7. University of Pretoria Exulans
  8. Exulans using Stromburg wing Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "The Soldenhof Tailless 'Plane; A Swiss Light 'Plane Two-Seater". Flight. 26 December 1930. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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