List of delta-wing aircraft

This is a list of aircraft with delta wings.

Type Country Date Class Role Status Notes
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde UK/France 1969 Supersonic Transport Production Ogival delta.
Atlas Cheetah South Africa 1986 Supersonic Fighter Production Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III
Avro Vulcan UK 1952 Subsonic Bomber Production Tailless.
Avro 707 UK 1949 Research Prototype Tailless test aircraft for the Avro's jet bomber design
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow Canada 1959 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Tailed.
BAC 221 UK 1964 Supersonic Experimental Prototype Ogival delta wing fitted to a Fairey Delta 2 to test the Concorde design.
Boeing X-32 USA 2000 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Tailless JSF contender.
Boulton Paul P.111 UK 1950 Subsonic Research Prototype Tailless.
Boulton Paul P.120 UK 1953 Subsonic Research Prototype Tailed development of the P.111.
Buran USSR 1988 Spaceplane Transport Prototype Tailless.
Chengdu J-7 China 1966 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailed. Chinese development of MiG-21
Chengdu J-9 China 1998 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Canard.
Chengdu J-10 China 1998 Supersonic Fighter Production Canard.
Chengdu J-20 China 2011 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Canard.
Convair XF-92 USA 1948 Fighter Prototype Tailless
Convair F2Y Sea Dart USA 1953 Fighter Prototype Tailless seaplane.
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger USA 1953 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailless
Convair XFY Pogo USA 1954 Propeller Experimental Prototype Tailless VTOL, propeller-driven.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart USA 1956 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailless
Convair B-58 Hustler USA 1956 Supersonic Bomber Production Tailless
Dassault Mirage I France 1955 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Tailless
Dassault Mirage III France 1956 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailless
Dassault Mirage IV France 1959 Supersonic Bomber Production Tailless.
Dassault Mirage V France 1965 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailless
Dassault Mirage 2000 France 1978 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailless.
Dassault Rafale France 1986 Supersonic Fighter Production Canard.
Dyke Delta USA 1966 Private Homebuilt Double-delta.
Eurofighter Typhoon EU 1994 Supersonic Fighter Production Canard.
Fairey Delta 1 UK 1951 Subsonic Research Prototype Tailed. Planned VTOL variant.
Fairey Delta 2 UK 1954 Supersonic Research Prototype Tailless. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph. One example rebuilt as BAC 221.
General Dynamics F-16XL USA 1982 Supersonic Experimental Prototype Cranked arrow double-delta.
Gloster Javelin UK 1951 Subsonic Fighter Production Tailed.
HAL Tejas India 2001 Fighter Production Tailless.
Handley Page HP.115 UK 1961 Subsonic Experimental Prototype Tailless narrow delta. Research into low speed performance of delta wing for Concorde
Helwan HA-300 Egypt 1969 Fighter Prototype Tailed. Designed by Willy Messerschmitt.
IAI Kfir Israel 1973 Supersonic Production Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III.
Lavochkin La-250 USSR 1956 Fighter Prototype Tailed.
Lippisch Delta IV Germany Experimental Prototype Tailless broad delta. Also known as the DFS 39.
Lippisch DM1 Germany Glider Experimental Prototype Tailless delta. Also known as the Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1.
Lockheed A-12 USA 1962 Supersonic Production Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+
Lockheed YF-12 USA 1968 Supersonic Fighter Prototype Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+
Lockheed M-21 USA 1966 Supersonic Prototype Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ mothership for D-21.
Lockheed D-21 USA 1971 UAV Prototype Tailless with long chines. Launched from the M-21.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird USA Supersonic Production Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk USA 1954 Production Tailed delta
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 USSR Supersonic Production Tailed delta
Myasishchev M-50 USSR Prototype
Moskalev SAM-9 Strela USSR 1934 Experimental Prototype Tailless narrow, curved delta. [1][2]
Space Shuttle Orbiter USA Spaceplane Transport Production NASA
North American XB-70 Valkyrie USA 1964 Supersonic Bomber Prototype Canard capable of Mach 3.
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder China / Pakistan 2003 Supersonic Multi-role In production
Saab 35 Draken Sweden Supersonic Production Double-delta.
Saab 37 Viggen Sweden Supersonic Production Canard. First close-coupled type.
Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sweden Supersonic Production
Shenyang J-8 China Supersonic Production
Short SC.1 UK 1957 Subsonic Research Prototype Tailless VTOL aircraft.
Sukhoi T-4 / 100 Sotka USSR 1972 Supersonic Bomber Prototype Canard capable of Mach 3
Sukhoi Su-9 USSR Production
Sukhoi Su-11 USSR Production
Sukhoi Su-15 (Early models) USSR 1962 Supersonic Fighter Production Tailed. Later models had a cranked leading edge.
Tupolev Tu-144 USSR 1977 Supersonic Transport Production Ogival delta with retractable "moustache" foreplanes.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ rcgroups.net
  2. ↑ Soviet aircraft unknown, Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com

Bibliography

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