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

TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aériane SwiftGliderFoot-launched
Aerospatiale-BAC ConcordeFrance & UKJetTransport1969ProductionSST
AeroVironment Wasp IIIUAV
Akaflieg München Mü5 WastlGermanyGlider1929
Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 ArcusGermanyGlider1988
Arup S-1US1932Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-2US1933Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-3US1934Rounded "heel wing"
Arup S-4US1935Rounded "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.111UKJetExperimental1950Prototype1delta wing
BOK-5USSRPropellerPrivate1937PrototypeBOK - Byuro Osobykh Konstruktsiy
Briffaud GB-6FrancePropellerPrivate1955Prototype
Brochocki BKB-1CanadaGliderPrivate1959Prototype1
Charpentier C1France1935Trimotor.[1]
Convair XF-92AUSJetFighter1948Prototype
Convair F2Y Sea DartUSJetFighter1953PrototypeSupersonic 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 SwallowUKJetExperimental1946Prototype3
DINFIA IA 38ArgentinaPropellerTransport1960PrototypeDesigned by Reimar Horten.
Douglas F4D SkyrayUSJet1951
Dunne D.1UKGliderExperimental1907Prototype1Biplane. Failed to fly with pusher power module.
Dunne D.3UKGliderExperimental1908Prototype1Biplane.
Dunne D.4UKPropellerExperimental1908Prototype1Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.5UKPropellerExperimental1910Prototype1Pusher biplane.
Dunne D.6UKPropellerExperimental1910Prototype1Pusher. Failed.
Dunne D.7UKPropellerExperimental1911PrototypePusher.
Dunne D.8UKPropellerExperimental1911Operational2Pusher biplane.
Fairey Delta 2UKJetExperimental1954Prototype2 built. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Later modified as the BAC 221.
Fauvel AV.36FranceGliderPrivate1951Homebuild100+and others by Charles Fauvel [2]
General Aircraft GAL.56UKGlider1944Prototype
General Dynamics F-16XLUSJetExperimental1982Prototype2Cranked delta wing
Gotha Go 147GermanyPropellerPatrol1936Prototype
Granger ArchaeopteryxUKPropellerPrivate1930Prototype1
Haig MinibatUSMotor gliderPrivateHomebuild10+
HAL TejasIndiaJetFighter2001Production33
Handley Page HP.75 ManxUKPropeller1943pusher
Handley Page HP.115UKJetExperimental1961Prototypesharply swept delta wing
Hoffman taillessUS1934Arup-type "heel wing"
Horten Aircraft HX-2GermanyPropellerExperimental2018Prototype
I.Ae. 34 Clen AntúArgentinaGlider1949Designed by Reimar Horten and manufactured by the FMA.
I.Ae. 41 UrubúArgentinaGlider1953Designed by Reimar Horten in Argentina.
Interstate XBDRUSGlider1944Project0
Kalinin K-12USSR1936[3]
Kasper BekasUSGlider19683
Kimura/Kayaba HK-1JapanGliderExperimental1939Prototype
Kayaba Ku-2JapanGliderExperimental1940Prototype
Kayaba Ku-3JapanGliderExperimental1941Prototype
Kayaba Ku-4JapanPropellerExperimental1941ProjectCancelled 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-11957
Messerschmitt Me 163 KometGermanyRocketFighter1941Production
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.1UKGliderExperimental1951Prototype1Aero-isoclinic wing.
Short SB.4 SherpaUKExperimental1953Prototype1Aero-isoclinic wing.
Soldenhof So.ASwitzerlandPropellerPrivate1930PrototypePusher.[9]
Tupolev Tu-144USSRJetTransportOperationalSST
Vought F7U CutlassUSJet1948
Westland-Hill PterodactylUKPropeller1920s-1930sPrototypeSeries of types
WeltenseglerGermanyGliderPrivate19211

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