List of aircraft classified as flying wings
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A flying wing is: a type of tailless aircraft which has no distinct fuselage. The crew, engines and "equipment are housed inside a thick wing," typically showing small nacelles, "blisters and other housings."
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See also: List of tailless aircraft
Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
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Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 | UK | Jet | Experimental | 1947 | Prototype | 2 | Twin engined. |
BAE Systems Taranis | UK | Jet | UAV | 2013 | Prototype | n/a | |
Bell D-35 | US | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Prototype | n/a | Twin engined. |
Boeing Phantom Ray | US | Jet | UAV | 2011 | Prototype | n/a | |
Chyeranovskii BICh-3 | USSR | Propeller | Experimental | 1926 | Prototype | 1 | |
Dassault nEUROn | France | Jet | UAV | 2012 | Prototype | n/a | stealth |
Delft Flying-V | Netherlands | Ducted fan | UAV | 2020 | Experimental | 1 | Scale model of proposed airliner |
DRDO Ghatak | India | Jet | UCAV | 2022 | Prototype | 1 | Scaled down technology demonstrator |
Farrar V-1 Flying Wing | US | Glider | Homebuilt | 1962 | Prototype | 1 | |
Freel Flying Wing | US | Glider | Homebuilt | 1937 | Prototype | 1 | School project |
Horten H.I | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1933 | Prototype | 2 | |
Horten H.II | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1935 | Prototype | 4 | |
Horten H.III | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1937 | Prototype | 19 | 1 modified as motorglider |
Horten H.IV | Germany | Glider | 1941 | Prototype | 4 | IV and IVa had a fuselage. | |
Horten H.Va, b, c | Germany | Propeller | Experimental | 1937 | Prototype | 2 | Twin engined |
Horten H.VII | Germany | Propeller | Trainer | 1942 | Prototype | 2 | Twin engined |
Horten Ho 229 (H.IX) | Germany | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Prototype | n/a | Two flown |
Horten H.X | Germany | Jet | Fighter | Project | 0 | ||
Horten H.XI | Germany | Glider | n/a | ||||
Horten H.XII | Germany | Propeller | Experimental | 1944 | Project | 0 | Powered H IVb with laminar flow wing |
Horten H.XIV | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1945 | n/a | ||
Horten H.XVIII | Germany | Jet | Bomber | 1945 | Project | 0 | |
Horten Parabola | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1938 | Project | 0 | Built but not flown. |
Kayaba Ku-4 | Japan | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | Project | 0 | |
Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel | US | UAV | Reconnaissance | 1991 | Production | 20 ca. | |
Kalinin K-12 | Russia | Firebird | Bomber | 1937 | Prototype | 1 | |
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II | US | Jet | Attack | 2007 | Project | 0 | |
Northrop B-2 Spirit | US | Jet | Bomber | 1989 | Production | 21 | |
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider | US | Jet | Bomber | Current | Project | 1 | |
Northrop N-1M | US | Propeller | Experimental | 1940 | Prototype | 1 | |
Northrop N-9M | US | Propeller | Experimental | 1942 | Prototype | 4 | |
Northrop XP-79 | US | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Prototype | 1 | |
Northrop XB-35 & YB-35 | US | Propeller | Bomber | 1945 | Prototype | n/a | |
Northrop YB-49 | US | Jet | Bomber | 1947 | Prototype | 3 | Converted YB-35. |
Northrop Grumman Switchblade | US | Jet | UAV | 2008 | Project | 0 | |
NRC tailless glider | Canada | Glider | Research | 1946 | Prototype | 1 | |
Putilov Stal-5 | USSR | Propeller | Transport | 1933 | Project | 0 | 18 passengers, scale model flown 1935. |
Saegheh | Iran | Jet | UAV | 2018 | Production | n/a | |
Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik | Russia | Jet | UAV | 2019 | Prototype | 1 | stealth |
Mikoyan Skat | Russia | Jet | UAV | n/a | Prototype | n/a | stealth |
Vought V-173 | US | Propeller | Experimental | 1942 | Prototype | 1 | Circular wing. |
Vought XF5U | US | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | Project | 0 | Failed to fly |
TAI Anka-3 | Turkey | Jet | UCAV | 2022 | Prototype | 1 | First prototype flown |