List of canard aircraft
This is a list of canard aircraft, having a foreplane in front of the main wing instead of a conventional tailplane.
Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
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AASI Jetcruzer | USA | Jet | Transport | 1989 | Prototype | 5 | Pusher configuration. |
AEA June Bug | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1908 | Prototype | 1 | |
AeroCad AeroCanard | USA | Propeller | Private | Homebuilt | 24 | Pusher propeller. | |
ALR Piranha | Switzerland | Jet | Multi-role fighter | 1980 | Project | 0 | |
Ambrosini SS.4 | Italy | Propeller | Fighter | 1939 | Prototype | 1 | Pusher propeller. |
ASL monoplane No.1 | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1909 | Prototype | Pusher propeller. | |
ASL monoplane No.2 | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1910 | Prototype | Pusher propeller. | |
ASL Valkyrie | UK | Propeller | Private | 1910 | Production | ~11 | Mid-engined pusher configuration, with propeller in front of wing. Several variants. |
Atlas Cheetah | South Africa | Jet | Fighter | 1986 | Production | 70 | Modified Dassault Mirage III airframes. Several variants. |
Aviafiber Canard 2FL | Switzerland | Glider | Private | 1978 | Production | Foot-launched. The pilot was accommodated inside a fuselage and withdrew their legs through a hatch in the underside. | |
Avro 730 | UK | Jet | Bomber | 1957 | Project | 0 | Mach 3 performance. |
Avtek 400 | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1984 | Prototype | 1 | Pusher configuration. |
Beech Starship | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1986 | Production | 53 | Pusher configuration. |
Italy | Propeller | Private | 1938 | Prototype | 1 | [1] | |
France | Propeller | Private | 1911 | Prototype | 1 | [2] | |
Berkut 360 | USA | Propeller | Private | 1989 | Homebuilt | 31 | |
Blériot V | France | Propeller | Experimental | 1907 | Prototype | 1 | Pusher configuration. |
Chengdu J-9 | China | Jet | Fighter | 1975 | Project | 0 | |
Chengdu J-10 | China | Jet | Fighter | 1998 | Production | 468 | |
Chengdu J-20 | China | Jet | Fighter | 2011 | Production | 150 | |
Chudzik CC-1 | France | Propeller | Private | 1987 | Prototype | 1 | [3] |
Cosy Classic | USA | Propeller | Private | Homebuilt | Variant of the Cozy III, Europeanised by Uli Wolter. The Çapar Mechanical Engineering company produced at least one example in Turkey.[4] | ||
Cozy | USA | Propeller | Private | Homebuilt | |||
Cozy III | USA | Propeller | Private | 1982 | Homebuilt | ||
Cozy MK IV | USA | Propeller | Private | 1993 | Homebuilt | ||
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1943 | Prototype | 3 | Pusher configuration. |
Dassault Mirage III | France | Jet | Fighter | 1981 | Variant with a small close-coupled canard. | ||
Dassault Rafale | France | Jet | Fighter | 1986 | 201 | ||
Dixon Nipper | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1911 | Prototype | 1 | |
e-Go | UK | Propeller | Private | 2013 | Prototype | 1 | |
Eipper Lotus Microlight | USA | Propeller | 1982 | [5] | |||
Eurofighter Typhoon | International | Jet | Multi-role fighter | 1994 | Production | 571 | |
Fabre Hydravion | France | Propeller | Experimental | 1910 | Prototype | 1 | First airworthy seaplane. |
Focke-Wulf F 19 | Germany | Propeller | Experimental | 1927 | Prototype | 2 | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 42 | Germany | Propeller | Bomber | 1932 | Project | 0 | Twin-engined.[6] |
Freedom Aviation Phoenix | USA | Propeller | Homebuilt | 2007 | Prototype | 1 | |
Grumman X-29 | USA | Jet | Experimental | 1984 | Prototype | 2 | Forward-Swept wing experimental aircraft. |
Gyroflug Speed Canard | Germany | Propeller | Sports plane | 1980 | Production | 62 | |
IAI Kfir C2 | Israel | Jet | Fighter | 1974 | Production | 220+ | Modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframes. Several variants. |
IAI Lavi | Israel | Jet | Fighter | 1986 | Project | 0 | |
Junqua Ibis | France | Propeller | Homebuilt | 1991 | Operational | 11 | |
Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden | Japan | Propeller | Fighter | 1945 | Prototype | 2 | Pusher configuration. |
Latécoère 225 | France | Propeller | Ultralight Amphibious | 1984 | Prototype | 1 | Pusher configuration. |
Lippisch Ente | Germany | Rocket | Experimental | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | First rocket powered aircraft. |
Lockheed L-133 | USA | Jet | Fighter | 1942 | Project | 0 | |
MacCready Gossamer Condor | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1977 | Operational | 1 | Human-powered aircraft. |
MacCready Gossamer Albatross | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1979 | Operational | 1 | Human-powered aircraft. |
MacCready Gossamer Penguin | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1979 | Operational | 1 | Solar-powered aircraft. |
Messerschmitt P.1110 Ente | Germany | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Project | 0 | Proposed for the Emergency Fighter Program[7] |
MiG-8 Utka | USSR | Propeller | Experimental | 1945 | Prototype | 1 | |
North American X-10 | USA | Jet | Experimental | 1953 | Operational | 13 | |
North American SM-64 Navaho | USA | UAV | Attack | 1957 | Cruise missile. | ||
North American XB-70 Valkyrie | USA | Jet | Bomber | 1964 | Prototype | 2 | Mach 3 performance, "waverider" wing. |
Novi Avion | Yugoslavia | Jet | Multi-role | 1991 | Project | ||
OMAC Laser 300 | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1981 | 3 | Pusher configuration. | |
Peterson Kenai | Propeller | Private | 2014 | Production | [8] | ||
Piaggio P.180 Avanti | Italy | Propeller | Executive transport | 1986 | Production | ||
Pterodactyl Ascender | USA | Propeller | 1980 | Variant with a canard foreplane. | |||
Qaher-313 | Iran | Jet | Fighter | 2013 | Project | ||
Rockwell-MBB X-31 | USA/Germany | Jet | Experimental | 1990 | Prototype | 2 | |
Roe I Biplane | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1908 | Prototype | 1 | |
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1911 | Prototype | 1 | |
Rutan Amsoil Racer | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1981 | Prototype | 1 | |
Rutan Defiant | USA | Propeller | 1978 | ||||
Rutan Long-EZ | USA | Propeller | 1979 | ||||
Rutan Solitaire | USA | Glider | 1982 | Homebuilt | Self-launching motor glider. | ||
Rutan VariEze | USA | Propeller | Private | 1975 | Homebuilt | ||
Rutan VariViggen | USA | Propeller | Private | 1972 | Homebuilt | ||
Rutan Voyager | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1986 | Operational | 1 | Round-the-world special. |
Saab 37 Viggen | Sweden | Jet | Fighter | 1967 | Production | 329 | |
Saab JAS 39 Gripen | Sweden | Jet | Fighter | 1988 | Production | 271 | |
Santos-Dumont 14-bis | France | Propeller | Experimental | 1906 | Prototype | 1 | |
Scaled Composites ARES | USA | Jet | Experimental | 1990 | Prototype | 1 | |
Shenyang J-15 | China | Jet | Fighter | 2009 | Production | 50 | |
Sukhoi Su-33 | USSR | Jet | Fighter | 1987 | Production | 33 | |
Sukhoi T-4 | USSR | Jet | Bomber | 1972 | Prototype | 4 | Mach 3 performance. |
Tupolev Tu-144 | USSR | Jet | Transport | 1968 | Production | SST. Canard "moustache". | |
Sukhoi Su-34 | Russia | Jet | fighter-bomber | 1990 | Production | ||
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI | Russia-India | Jet | Fighter | 1989 | Production | License-built variant of the Sukhoi Su-30. | |
Sukhoi Su-37 | Russia | Jet | Fighter | 1996 | Prototype | ||
Sukhoi Su-47 | Russia | Jet | Experimental | 1997 | Prototype | Main wing is forward-swept. | |
Velocity SE | USA | Propeller | |||||
Velocity XL | USA | Propeller | |||||
Archdeacon Glider | France | Glider | Experimental | 1904 | Prototype | 1 | |
Voisin Canard | France | Propeller | 1911 | ||||
Wright Glider | USA | Glider | Experimental | 1902 | Prototype | 1 | |
Wright Flyer | USA | Propeller | Experimental | 1903 | Prototype | 1 | |
Wright Stagger-Ez | USA | Propeller | Three-seat modification of the Rutan Long-EZ. |
References[]
- ^ Airwar.ru.
- ^ Avia France.
- ^ van Tilborg. "Chudzik CC-1". 1000 aircraft photos. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ Deniz, T.; "Çapar", The Turkish Aircraft Production (Englins-language page).[] (retrieved 15 May 2014)
- ^ "A unique database on Burt Rutan and his projects!". Stargazer. Online. 2006. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ Focke-Wulf Fw 42, Luft'46.
- ^ Me P.1110 Ente, Luft'46.
- ^ Peterson's History, Peterson's Performance Plus, Inc.
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of aircraft by design configuration
- Canard aircraft