Engineering:List of delta-wing aircraft

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This is a list of aircraft with delta wings.

|- | 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. |- | 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. |- | Verhees Delta D1 || France || Propeller || Private || 2004 || Homebuilt || || Cropped delta with elliptical planform. |- | Verhees Delta D2 || France || Propeller || Private || 2018 || Homebuilt || || Cropped delta with elliptical planform. |}

References

Citations

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

Bibliography

  • Gunston, W. and Swanborough, G.; The Complete Book of Fighters, Salamander, 1994