Engineering:List of flying wings
A flying wing is a type of tailless aircraft which has no distinct fuselage. The crew, engines and equipment are housed inside a thick wing, typically showing small nacelles, blisters and other housings.
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|- |Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1947 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined. |- |BAE Systems Taranis || UK || Jet || UAV || 2013 || Prototype || n/a || |- |Boeing Phantom Ray || US || Jet || UAV || 2011 || Prototype || n/a || |- |Chyeranovskii BICh-3 || USSR || Propeller || Experimental || 1926 || Prototype || 1 || |- |Dassault nEUROn || France || Jet || UAV || 2012 || Prototype || n/a || stealth |- |Delft Flying-V || Netherlands || Ducted fan || UAV || 2020 || Experimental || 1 || Scale model of proposed airliner |- |DRDO Ghatak || India || Jet || UCAV || 2022 || Prototype|| 1 || Scaled down technology demonstrator |- |Farrar V-1 Flying Wing || US || Glider || Homebuilt || 1962 || Prototype || 1 || |- |Freel Flying Wing || US || Glider || Homebuilt || 1937 || Prototype || 1 || School project |- |Horten H.I || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1933 || Prototype || 2 || |- |Horten H.II || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1935 || Prototype || 4 || |- |Horten H.III || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1937 || Prototype || 19 || 1 modified as motorglider |- |Horten H.IV || Germany || Glider || || 1941 || Prototype || 4 || IV and IVa had a fuselage. |- |Horten H.Va, b, c || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1937 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined |- |Horten H.VII || Germany || Propeller || Trainer || 1942 || Prototype || 2 || Twin engined |- |Horten Ho 229 (H.IX) || Germany || Jet || Fighter || 1944 || Prototype || n/a || Two flown |- |Horten H.X || Germany || Jet || Fighter || || Project || 0 || |- |Horten H.XI || Germany || Glider || || || || n/a || |- |Horten H.XII || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1944 || Project || 0 || Powered H IVb with laminar flow wing |- |Horten H.XIV || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1945 || || n/a || |- |Horten H.XVIII || Germany || Jet || Bomber || 1945 || Project || 0 || |- |Horten Parabola || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1938 || Project || 0 || Built but not flown. |- |Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel || US || UAV || Reconnaissance || 1991 || Production || 20 ca. || |- |Kalinin K-12 || Russia || Firebird || Bomber || 1937 || Prototype || 1 || |- |McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II || US || Jet || Attack || 2007 || Project || 0 || |- |Northrop B-2 Spirit || US || Jet || Bomber || 1989 || Production || 21 || |- |Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider || US || Jet || Bomber || Current || Project || 1 || |- |Northrop N-1M || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1940 || Prototype || 1 || |- |Northrop N-9M || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1942 || Prototype || 4 || |- |Northrop XP-79 || US || Jet || Fighter || 1945 || Prototype || 1 || |- |Northrop XB-35 & YB-35 || US || Propeller || Bomber || 1945 || Prototype || n/a || |- |Northrop YB-49 || US || Jet || Bomber || 1947 || Prototype || 3 || Converted YB-35. |- |Northrop Grumman Switchblade || US || Jet || UAV || 2008 || Project || 0 || |- |NRC tailless glider || Canada || Glider || Research || 1946 || Prototype || 1 || |- |Putilov Stal-5 || USSR || Propeller || Transport || 1933 || Project || 0 || 18 passengers, scale model flown 1935. |- |Saegheh || Iran || Jet || UAV || 2018 || Production || n/a || |- |Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik || Russia || Jet || UAV || 2019|| Prototype|| 1 || stealth |- |Mikoyan Skat || Russia || Jet || UAV || n/a|| Prototype|| n/a || stealth |- |Vought V-173 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1942 || Prototype || 1 || Circular wing. |- |Vought XF5U || US || Propeller || Fighter || 1947 || Project || 0 || Failed to fly |- |TAI Anka-3 || Turkey || Jet || UCAV|| 2022 || Prototype || 1 || First prototype flown |}
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