List of delta-wing aircraft
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This is a list of aircraft with delta wings.
Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
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Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde | UK/France | Supersonic | Transport | 1969 | Retired | Ogival delta. | |
Antonov 'M' Masha | USSR | Supersonic | Fighter | 1947 | Prototype | Tailless. Vertical stabilizers in the form of winglets. | |
Atlas Cheetah | South Africa | Supersonic | Fighter | 1986 | Production | Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III | |
Avro Vulcan | UK | Subsonic | Bomber | 1952 | Retired | Tailless. | |
Avro 707 | UK | Experimental | 1949 | Prototype | Tailless test aircraft for the Avro's jet bomber design | ||
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow | Canada | Supersonic | Fighter | 1959 | Prototype | Tailless. | |
BAC 221 | UK | Supersonic | Experimental | 1964 | Prototype | 1 | Ogival delta wing fitted to a Fairey Delta 2 to test the Concorde design. |
Boeing X-32 | US | Supersonic | Fighter | 2000 | Prototype | Tailless JSF contender. | |
Boulton Paul P.111 | UK | Subsonic | Experimental | 1950 | Prototype | Tailless. | |
Boulton Paul P.120 | UK | Subsonic | Experimental | 1953 | Prototype | Tailed development of the P.111. | |
Buran | USSR | Spaceplane | Transport | 1988 | Prototype | Tailless. | |
CAC CA-23 | Australia | Supersonic | Fighter | 1952 | Prototype | Tailed delta. | |
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder | China / Pakistan | Supersonic | Multi-role | 2003 | Production | ||
Chengdu J-7 | China | Supersonic | Fighter | 1966 | Production | Tailed. Chinese development of MiG-21 | |
Chengdu J-9 | China | Supersonic | Fighter | 1998 | Prototype | Canard. | |
Chengdu J-10 | China | Supersonic | Fighter | 1998 | Production | Canard. | |
Chengdu J-20 | China | Supersonic | Fighter | 2011 | Production | Canard. | |
Convair XF-92 | US | Fighter | 1948 | Prototype | Tailless | ||
Convair F2Y Sea Dart | US | Supersonic | Fighter | 1953 | Prototype | Tailless seaplane. | |
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger | US | Supersonic | Fighter | 1953 | Retired | Tailless. | |
Convair XFY Pogo | US | Propeller | Experimental | 1954 | Prototype | Tailless VTOL, propeller-driven. | |
Convair F-106 Delta Dart | US | Supersonic | Fighter | 1956 | Retired | Tailless. | |
Convair B-58 Hustler | US | Supersonic | Bomber | 1956 | Retired | Tailless. | |
Dassault Mirage I | France | Supersonic | Fighter | 1955 | Prototype | Tailless. | |
Dassault Mirage III | France | Supersonic | Fighter | 1956 | Production | Tailless. | |
Dassault Mirage IV | France | Supersonic | Bomber | 1959 | Production | Tailless. | |
Dassault Mirage 5 | France | Supersonic | Fighter | 1965 | Production | Tailless. | |
Dassault Mirage 2000 | France | Supersonic | Fighter | 1978 | Production | Tailless. | |
Dassault Rafale | France | Supersonic | Fighter | 1986 | Production | Canard. | |
Dyke Delta | US | Private | 1966 | Homebuilt | Double-delta. | ||
Eurofighter Typhoon | EU | Supersonic | Fighter | 1994 | Production | Canard. | |
Fairey Delta 1 | UK | Subsonic | Experimental | 1951 | Prototype | Tailed. Planned VTOL variant. | |
Fairey Delta 2 | UK | Supersonic | Experimental | 1954 | Prototype | 2 | Tailless. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph. One example rebuilt as BAC 221. |
General Dynamics F-16XL | US | Supersonic | Experimental | 1982 | Prototype | 1 | Cranked arrow double-delta. |
Gloster Javelin | UK | Subsonic | Fighter | 1951 | Production | Tailed. | |
HAL Tejas | India | Supersonic | Fighter | 2001 | Production | Tailless. | |
Handley Page HP.115 | UK | Subsonic | Experimental | 1961 | Prototype | 1 | Tailless narrow delta. Experimental into low speed performance of delta wing for Concorde |
Helwan HA-300 | Egypt | Fighter | 1969 | Prototype | Tailed. Designed by Willy Messerschmitt for Hispano-Aviación in Spain. | ||
IAI Kfir | Israel | Supersonic | 1973 | Production | Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III. | ||
Lavochkin La-250 | USSR | Fighter | 1956 | Prototype | Tailed. | ||
Lippisch DM1 | Germany | Glider | Experimental | 1944 | Prototype | Tailless. Also known as the Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1. | |
Lockheed A-12 | US | Supersonic | 1962 | Production | Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ | ||
Lockheed YF-12 | US | Supersonic | Fighter | 1968 | Prototype | Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ | |
Lockheed M-21 | US | Supersonic | 1966 | Prototype | Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ mothership for D-21. | ||
Lockheed D-21 | US | UAV | 1971 | Prototype | Tailless with long chines. Launched from the M-21. | ||
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | US | Supersonic | 1964 | Production | Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ | ||
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | US | 1954 | Production | Ogival delta, with tail. | |||
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | USSR | Supersonic | 1956 | Production | Tailed delta | ||
Myasishchev M-50 | USSR | 1959 | Prototype | ||||
Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela | USSR | Experimental | 1934 | Prototype | Tailless narrow, curved delta. [1][2] | ||
NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter | US | Spaceplane | Transport | 1981 | Production | Double delta. | |
North American XB-70 Valkyrie | US | Supersonic | Bomber | 1964 | Prototype | Canard capable of Mach 3. | |
Payen PA-22 | France | 1941 | Prototype | Tandem wing with straight canard plane and delta aft plane | |||
Payen Pa 49 | France | 1954 | Prototype | ||||
Saab 35 Draken | Sweden | Supersonic | 1955 | Production | Double delta. | ||
Saab 37 Viggen | Sweden | Supersonic | 1967 | Production | Canard. First close-coupled type. | ||
Saab JAS 39 Gripen | Sweden | Supersonic | 1988 | Production | |||
Shenyang J-8 | China | Supersonic | 1969 | Production | |||
Short SC.1 | UK | Subsonic | Experimental | 1957 | Prototype | 1 | Tailless VTOL aircraft. |
Sukhoi T-4 / 100 Sotka | USSR | Supersonic | Bomber | 1972 | Prototype | Canard capable of Mach 3 | |
Sukhoi Su-9 | USSR | 1956 | Production | ||||
Sukhoi Su-11 | USSR | 1958 | Production | ||||
Sukhoi Su-15 (Early models) | USSR | Supersonic | Fighter | 1962 | Production | Tailed. Later models had a cranked leading edge. | |
Tupolev Tu-144 | USSR | Supersonic | Transport | 1968 | Production | Double delta with retractable "moustache" foreplanes. | |
France | Propeller | Private | 2004 | Homebuilt | Cropped delta with elliptical planform. | ||
France | Propeller | Private | 2018 | Homebuilt | Cropped delta with elliptical planform. |
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ rcgroups.net
- ^ Soviet aircraft unknown, Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com
Bibliography[]
- Gunston, W. and Swanborough, G.; The Complete Book of Fighters, Salamander, 1994
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