List of flying wings

The following is a list of flying wings, their roles, successfulness, and countries of origin. A flying wing aircraft is one which has no distinct fuselage or tail, and the crew, engines and equipment are housed inside a thick wing, typically showing small nacelles, blisters and other housings.

List

Type Country Date Class Role Status Notes
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52United Kingdom1947 Jet Experimental Prototype Twin engined.
Charpentier C1France1935 Trimotor
Chyeranovskii BICh-3Soviet Union1926 Experimental Prototype
Farrar V-1 Flying WingUnited States1962Glider Prototype
Freel Flying WingUnited States1937Glider PrototypeSchool project
Horten H.IGermany1933Glider Prototype
Horten H.IIGermany1935Glider Prototype
Horten H.IIIGermany1937Glider Experimental PrototypeMotorglider
Horten H.IVGermany1941Glider PrototypeFour built. IV and IVa had a fuselage.
Horten H.Va, b, cGermany1937 PrototypesTwo flown. Twin engined. Vb converted into Vc
Horten H.VIIGermany1942 testbed/trainerPrototypeTwin engined
Horten Ho 229 (H.IX)Germany1944 FighterPrototypeTwo flown.
Horten H.XGermany Jet FighterProject
Horten H.XIGermany Glider
Horten H.XIIGermany Propeller ExperimentalProjectPowered variant of H IVb with laminar flow wing
Horten H.XIIIGermany FighterProjectJet powered.
Horten H.XIV Glider Experimental
Horten H.XVIIIGermany BomberProjectJet powered
Horten ParabolaGermany Glider Experimental ProjectBuilt but not flown.
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II United States1991 AttackProject
Northrop B-2 SpiritUnited States1989 Jet BomberProduction
Northrop N-1M United States1940 Propeller ExperimentalPrototype
Northrop N-9MUnited States1942 Propeller ExperimentalPrototype4 flown.
Northrop XP-79United States1945 Jet FighterPrototype
Northrop XB-35 & YB-35 United States1945 Propeller BomberPrototype
Northrop YB-49United States1947 Jet BomberPrototypeConversion of YB-35 converted to jet power.
Northrop Grumman Switchblade United States2008UAVProject
NRC tailless gliderCanada1946 Glider ResearchPrototypeTwo-seat
Putilov Stal-5Soviet Union Propeller AirlinerProject 1933 18 passenger transport, scale model flew in 1935
Vought V-173United States1942 Propeller ExperimentalPrototype Circular wing.
Vought XF5UUnited States1947 Propeller FighterProject Circular wing. Built but not flown.

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