List of flying wings

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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 Class Role Date Status Notes
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 United Kingdom 1947 Jet Experimental Prototype Twin engined.
Charpentier C1 France 1935 Trimotor
Chyeranovskii BICh-3 Soviet Union 1926 Experimental Prototype
Farrar V-1 Flying Wing United States 1962 Glider Prototype
Freel Flying Wing United States 1937 Glider Prototype School project
Horten H.I Germany 1933 Glider Prototype
Horten H.II Germany 1935 Glider Prototype
Horten H.III Germany 1937 Glider Experimental Prototype Motorglider
Horten H.IV Germany 1941 Glider Prototype Four built. IV and IVa had a fuselage.
Horten H.Va, b, c Germany 1937 Prototypes Two flown. Twin engined. Vb converted into Vc
Horten H.VII Germany 1942 testbed/trainer Prototype Twin engined
Horten Ho 229 (H.IX) Germany 1944 Fighter Prototype Two flown.
Horten H.X Germany Jet Fighter Project
Horten H.XI Germany Glider
Horten H.XII Germany Propeller Experimental Project Powered variant of H IVb with laminar flow wing
Horten H.XIII Germany Fighter Project Jet powered.
Horten H.XIV Glider Experimental
Horten H.XVIII Germany Bomber Project Jet powered
Horten Parabola Germany Glider Experimental Project Built but not flown.
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II United States 1991 Attack Project
Northrop B-2 Spirit United States 1989 Jet Bomber Production
Northrop N-1M United States 1940 Propeller Experimental Prototype
Northrop N-9M United States 1942 Propeller Experimental Prototype 4 flown.
Northrop XP-79 United States 1945 Jet Fighter Prototype
Northrop XB-35 & YB-35 United States 1945 Propeller Bomber Prototype
Northrop YB-49 United States 1947 Jet Bomber Prototype Conversion of YB-35 converted to jet power.
Northrop Grumman Switchblade United States 2008 UAV Project
NRC tailless glider Canada 1946 Glider Research Prototype Two-seat
Putilov Stal-5 Soviet Union Propeller Airliner Project 1933 18 passenger transport, scale model flew in 1935
Vought V-173 United States 1942 Propeller Experimental Prototype Circular wing.
Vought XF5U United States 1947 Propeller Fighter Project Circular wing. Built but not flown.

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