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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|Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1947 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined.

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|BAE Systems Taranis || UK || Jet || UAV || 2013 || Prototype || n/a ||

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|Bell D-35 || US || Jet || Fighter || 1945 || Prototype || n/a || Twin engined.

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|Boeing Model 907 Spanloader || US || Jet || Transport || 1973 || Prototype || n/a ||

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|Boeing Phantom Ray || US || Jet || UAV || 2011 || Prototype || n/a ||

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|Chyeranovskii BICh-3 || USSR || Propeller || Experimental || 1926 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|Dassault nEUROn || France || Jet || UAV || 2012 || Prototype || n/a || stealth

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|Delft Flying-V || Netherlands || Ducted fan || UAV || 2020 || Experimental || 1 || Scale model of proposed airliner

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|Horten Aircraft HX-2 || Germany || Propeller || Transport || 2019 || Experimental || 1 || Prototype high-efficiency small aircraft

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|DRDO Ghatak || India || Jet || UCAV || 2022 || Prototype|| 1 || Scaled down technology demonstrator

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|Farrar V-1 Flying Wing || US || Glider || Homebuilt || 1962 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|Freel Flying Wing || US || Glider || Homebuilt || 1937 || Prototype || 1 || School project

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|Horten H.I || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1933 || Prototype || 2 ||

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|Horten H.II || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1935 || Prototype || 4 ||

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|Horten H.III || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1937 || Prototype || 19 || 1 modified as motorglider

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|Horten H.IV || Germany || Glider || || 1941 || Prototype || 4 || IV and IVa had a fuselage.

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|Horten H.Va, b, c || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1937 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined

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|Horten H.VII || Germany || Propeller || Trainer || 1942 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined

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|Horten Ho 229 (H.IX) || Germany || Jet || Fighter || 1944 || Prototype || n/a || Two flown

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|Horten H.XII || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1944 || Project || 0 || Powered H IVb with laminar flow wing

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|Horten H.XIV || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1945 || || n/a ||

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|Horten H.XVIII || Germany || Jet || Bomber || 1945 || Project || 0 ||

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|Horten Parabola || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1938 || Project || 0 || Built but not flown.

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|Kayaba Ku-4 || Japan || Propeller || Fighter || 1940 || Project || 0 ||

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|Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel || US || UAV || Reconnaissance || 1991 || Production || 20 ca. ||

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|Kalinin K-12 || Russia || Propeller || Bomber || 1937 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II || US || Jet || Attack || 2007 || Project || 0 ||

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|Northrop B-2 Spirit || US || Jet || Bomber || 1989 || Production || 21 ||

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|Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider || US || Jet || Bomber || 2023 || Project || 1 ||

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|Northrop N-1M || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1940 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|Northrop N-9M || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1942 || Prototype || 4 ||

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|Northrop XP-79 || US || Jet || Fighter || 1945 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|Northrop XB-35 & YB-35 || US || Propeller || Bomber || 1945 || Prototype || n/a ||

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|Northrop YB-49 || US || Jet || Bomber || 1947 || Prototype || 3 || Converted YB-35.

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|Northrop Grumman Switchblade || US || Jet || UAV || 2008 || Project || 0 ||

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|NRC tailless glider || Canada || Glider || Research || 1946 || Prototype || 1 ||

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|Putilov Stal-5 || USSR || Propeller || Transport || 1933 || Project || 0 || 18 passengers, scale model flown 1935.

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|Saegheh || Iran || Jet || UAV || 2018 || Production || n/a ||

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|Sky OV || Spain || Jet || Airliner || 2023 || Experimental || 0 || Proposed supersonic airliner

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|Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik || Russia || Jet || UAV || 2019|| Prototype|| 1 || stealth

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|Mikoyan Skat || Russia || Jet || UAV || 2005 || Prototype|| n/a || stealth

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|Vought V-173 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1942 || Prototype || 1 || Circular wing.

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|Vought XF5U || US || Propeller || Fighter || 1947 || Project || 0 || Failed to fly

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|TAI Anka-3 || Turkey || Jet || UCAV|| 2022 || Prototype || 1 || First prototype flown

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|Chengdu J-36 || China || Jet || Fighter || 2024 || Prototype || 1 || Potentially supersonic

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|Shenyang J-50 || China || Jet || Fighter || 2024 || Prototype || 1 || Potentially supersonic

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See also

  • Blended wing body
  • Lifting body
  • List of tailless aircraft

References

  • Development History of Horten Flying Wing Aircraft