The following is a list of flying wing aircraft, along with some information about their roles, successfulness, and country of origin. A flying wing aircraft is one in which the fuselage and tail sections are abandoned, and the crew operates inside a thick wing. In theory, such an aircraft has a higher lift and lower drag than conventional ones, though there are drawbacks related to limited stability margins.

True flying wings

• AC 20.30
• AeroVironment Wasp — unmanned aircraft
• Akaflieg SB13
  Akaflieg SB13
  The Akaflieg SB13 is a single seat glider.SB-13Specifications* Span 15.0 m.* Area 11.60 sq. m.* Aspect ratio 19.40* Airfoil HQ 34 N/ 14,83* Empty weight 258 kg.* Gross weight 427 kg.* Wing loading 37 kg. / sq. m....
  
   (1980s)
• AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10
  AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10
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   (1982)
• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52
  Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52
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   (1949) — twin engined jet
• Baynes Bat
  Baynes Bat
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   (1943)
• Brochocki BKB-1
  Brochocki BKB-1
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• Dassault nEUROn
  Dassault Neuron
  The Dassault nEUROn is an experimental Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle being developed with international cooperation, led by the French company Dassault Aviation.-Description:...
  
   — unmanned aircraft
• DINFIA IA 38
  DINFIA IA 38
  |-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing-See also:...
  
   (1960), cargo aircraft designed by Reimar Horten
  Horten brothers
  Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...
  
   in Argentina.
• Dunne D.1
  Dunne D.1
  -References:* Lacey, G. W. B. Flight: 852, 17 June 1955. Retrieved: 13 May 2010.* Lewis, P British Aircraft 1806-1914.London: Putnam, 1962* Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, pp. 347. ISBN 978-0517103166....
  
   (1907)
• Dunne D.5 (1910)
• Burgess-Dunne (1911/2)
• Facetmobile
  Facetmobile
  |-Current status:The prototype FMX-4 Facetmobile crashed on October 13, 1995, after an in-flight engine failure. The aircraft landed at low speed into a barbed wire fence, which caused extensive skin, engine, and some structural damage, though there was no injury to the pilot...
  
  , experimental homebuilt aircraft
• Farrar V-1 Flying Wing
  Farrar V-1 Flying Wing
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• Fauvel AV.36
  Fauvel AV.36
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• Freel Flying Wing
  Freel Flying Wing
  The Freel Flying Wing was the creation of Charles Lewis Freel . As a student of San Diego High School, in San Diego, California, Freel learned about aerodynamics under the instruction of LeTain Kittredge, in the aircraft rigging/woodshop class....
  
  
• Haig Minibat
  Haig Minibat
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• Arup 2
  Hoffman Flying Wing
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   (1932)
• Hoffman 1934 flying wing
  Hoffman Flying Wing
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• Horten H.I (1933) — glider
• Horten H.Ib
• Horten H.II (1935) — glider
• Horten H.III
  Horten H.III
  The Horten H.III was a flying wing sailplane built by Walter and Reimar Horten in Germany from 1937 to 1944.-Design:The H.III series was a incremental development of the Horten H.II with reduced sweepback of 23o, span increased to 20 m and modified lateral controls...
  
   (1937) — glider / motorglider
• Horten H.III
  Horten H.III
  The Horten H.III was a flying wing sailplane built by Walter and Reimar Horten in Germany from 1937 to 1944.-Design:The H.III series was a incremental development of the Horten H.II with reduced sweepback of 23o, span increased to 20 m and modified lateral controls...
  
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• Horten H.III
  Horten H.III
  The Horten H.III was a flying wing sailplane built by Walter and Reimar Horten in Germany from 1937 to 1944.-Design:The H.III series was a incremental development of the Horten H.II with reduced sweepback of 23o, span increased to 20 m and modified lateral controls...
  
  c
• Horten H.III
  Horten H.III
  The Horten H.III was a flying wing sailplane built by Walter and Reimar Horten in Germany from 1937 to 1944.-Design:The H.III series was a incremental development of the Horten H.II with reduced sweepback of 23o, span increased to 20 m and modified lateral controls...
  
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• Horten H.IV
• Horten H.IVb
• Horten H.V (1936) — twin pusher
  Pusher configuration
  In a craft with a pusher configuration the propeller are mounted behind their respective engine. According to Bill Gunston, a "pusher propeller" is one mounted behind engine so that drive shaft is in compression...
  
   engined flying wing - World's first all-composite aircraft.
• Horten H.VI
• Horten H.VII (1942) — twin pusher
  Pusher configuration
  In a craft with a pusher configuration the propeller are mounted behind their respective engine. According to Bill Gunston, a "pusher propeller" is one mounted behind engine so that drive shaft is in compression...
  
   engined flying wing
• Horten H.VIII
• Horten H.IX V1
  Horten Ho 229
  The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
  
  
• Horten H.IX V2
  Horten Ho 229
  The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
  
  
• Horten H.IX
  Horten Ho 229
  The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
  
  
• Horten H.X
• Horten H.XI
• Horten H.XIII
• Horten H.XIIIa
• Horten H.XIIIb
• Horten H.XIV
• Horten H.XV
• Horten H.XVa
• Horten H.XVb
• Horten H.XVc
• Horten H.XVI
• Horten H.XVIII — Design of a long range jet bomber.
• Horten Parabola
• Horten Ho 229
  Horten Ho 229
  The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
  
   (1944) — One of the few planes that met Hermann Göring
  Hermann Göring
  Hermann Wilhelm Göring, was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. He was a veteran of World War I as an ace fighter pilot, and a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as "The Blue Max"...
  
  's 1000 kg bombs x 1000 km/h speed x 1000 km range performance requirements, the H.IX/Go 229 was an experimental fighter built by Nazi Germany
  Nazi Germany
  Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
  
   near the end of World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
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• I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú (1949), glider designed by Reimar Horten
  Horten brothers
  Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...
  
   in Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
   and manufactured by the FMA.
• I.Ae. 41 Urubú
  I.Ae. 41 Urubú
  -References:* Burzaco, Ricardo. "Las Alas de Perón, Aeronáutica Argentina 1945/1960", 1995, Editorial Da Vinci. ISBN 987-95666-External links:* -See also:...
  
  , glider designed by Reimar Horten
  Horten brothers
  Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...
  
   in Argentina.
• Interstate XBDR
  Interstate XBDR
  |-See also:-References:CitationsBibliography* Grossnick, Roy. United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1997. ISBN 0-945274-34-3....
  
  
• Kasper Bekas
  Kasper Bekas
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• Klingberg Wing, first foot launched sailplane (1987)
• Marske Monarch
  Marske Monarch
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• Marske Pioneer
  Marske Pioneer
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• Marske XM-1
  Marske XM-1
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• McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II — An American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   attack aircraft intended to replace the United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
  's A-6 Intruder
  A-6 Intruder
  The Grumman A-6 Intruder was an American, twin jet-engine, mid-wing attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. In service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps between 1963 and 1997, the Intruder was designed as an all-weather medium attack aircraft to replace the piston-engined A-1 Skyraider...
  
  . The project was aborted in 1991 before any aircraft were built.
• Mitchell U-2 Superwing
  Mitchell U-2 Superwing
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   (1977)
• Northrop B-2 Spirit (1989), an American stealth bomber, built as an alternative to the F-117 Nighthawk
  F-117 Nighthawk
  The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was a single-seat, twin-engine stealth ground-attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force . The F-117A's first flight was in 1981, and it achieved initial operating capability status in October 1983...
  
   with a much larger payload.
• Northrop Grumman Switchblade
• Northrop N-1M
  Northrop N-1M
  |-See also:-References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Coleman, Ted. Jack Northrop and the Flying Wing: The Real Story Behind the Stealth Bomber. New York: Paragon House, 1988. ISBN 1-55778-079-X....
  
   (1940)
• Northrop N-9M
  Northrop N-9M
  The Northrop N-9M was a one-third scale aircraft used for the development of the Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 Flying Wing long-range bomber program...
  
   (1942)
• Northrop B-35 (1945) — competitor to the Convair B-36
  Convair B-36
  The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built , although there have...
  
   heavy bomber
• Northrop YB-49
  Northrop YB-49
  The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered heavy bomber aircraft developed by Northrop shortly after World War II. Intended for service with the U.S. Air Force, the YB-49 featured a flying wing design...
  
   (1947) — YB-35 converted to use jet engines. Though proven to have stability problems and cancelled, it served as the inspiration for the B-2 Spirit.
• Vought V-173
  Vought V-173
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Chant, Christopher. Fantastic Aircraft. New York: Gallery Books, 1984. ISBN 0-8317-3-189-3.* Ginter, Steve. Chance Vought V-173 and XFU-1 Flying Pancakes . Simi Valley, CA: Steve Ginter Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-942612-21-3.* Guyton, Boone T...
  
   (1942)
• Vought XF5U
  Vought XF5U
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Chant, Christopher. Fantastic Aircraft. New York: Gallery Books, 1984. ISBN 0-8317-3-189-3.* Ginter, Steve. Chance Vought V-173 and XF5U-1 Flying Pancakes . Simi Valley, CA: Steve Ginter Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-942612-21-3.* Guyton, Boone and Paul Marcus. "The Ups and...
  
   (1947)
• Weltensegler
  Weltensegler
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   (1921)
• Northrop XP-79 Flying Ram
  XP-79 Flying Ram
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58007-111-6....
  
   (1945)

Blended Wing Bodies

Blended wing body

Blended Wing Body aircraft have a flattened and airfoil shaped body, which produces most of the lift, the wings contributing the balance. The body form is composed of distinct and separate wing structures, though the wings are smoothly blended into the body...

• Boeing X-45C
  Boeing X-45
  The Boeing X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle is a concept demonstrator for a next generation of completely autonomous military aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works. Manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, the X-45 was a part of DARPA's J-UCAS project.-Development:Boeing developed...
  
   (2002) — unmanned aircraft
• Boeing X-48
  Boeing X-48
  The X-48 is an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle for investigation into the characteristics of blended wing body aircraft, a type of flying wing. It is under development by Boeing and NASA.-Background:...
  
  
• Burnelli CBY-3
  Burnelli CBY-3
  -Bibliography:* Townend, David R. Clipped Wings – The History of Aborted Aircraft Projects. Markham, Ontario: AeroFile Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9732020-4-5.-External links:* * *...
  
  
• Lockheed Martin
  Lockheed Martin
  Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
  
  /Boeing
  Boeing
  The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
  
   RQ-3 DarkStar
• Northrop Grumman X-47 Pegasus (2003) — unmanned aircraft
• Silent Aircraft Initiative
  Silent Aircraft Initiative
  The Silent Aircraft Initiative is a study being undertaken by the Cambridge-MIT Institute to discover ways to reduce aircraft noise dramatically, to the point where it would be virtually unnoticeable to people outside the airport perimeter...
  
  

External links

• NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project
• Progress of development of Wingco Atlantica small BWB plane
• Airliners.net photo of the Atlantica prototype aircraft, July 2004
• Development History of Horten Flying Wing Aircraft

See also

• Blended wing body
  Blended wing body
  Blended Wing Body aircraft have a flattened and airfoil shaped body, which produces most of the lift, the wings contributing the balance. The body form is composed of distinct and separate wing structures, though the wings are smoothly blended into the body...
  
  
• Flying wing
  Flying wing
  A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the main wing structure....
  
  
• Lifting body
  Lifting body
  A lifting body is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration in which the body itself produces lift. In contrast to a flying wing, which is a wing with minimal or no conventional fuselage, a lifting body can be thought of as a fuselage with little or no conventional wing...
  
  
• Variable-sweep wing