List of flying wings
A flying wing aircraft is one which has no distinct fuselage or tail. The crew, engines and equipment are housed inside a thick wing, typically showing small nacelles, blisters and other housings.
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| Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 | UK | Jet | Experimental | 1947 | Prototype | 2 | Twin engined. |
| BAE Systems Taranis | UK | Jet | UAV | 2013 | Prototype | ||
| Boeing Phantom Ray | US | Jet | UAV | 2011 | Prototype | ||
| Chyeranovskii BICh-3 | USSR | Propeller | Experimental | 1926 | Prototype | 1 | |
| Dassault nEUROn | France | Jet | UAV | 2012 | Prototype | stealth | |
| 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 | Two flown | |
| Horten H.X | Germany | Jet | Fighter | Project | 0 | ||
| Horten H.XI | Germany | Glider | |||||
| Horten H.XII | Germany | Propeller | Experimental | Project | 0 | Powered H IVb with laminar flow wing | |
| Horten H.XIV | Germany | Glider | Experimental | ||||
| Horten H.XVIII | Germany | Jet | Bomber | Project | 0 | ||
| Horten Parabola | Germany | Glider | Experimental | Project | 0 | Built but not flown. | |
| Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel | US | UAV | Reconnaissance | 1991 | Production | 20 ca. | |
| 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 | Project | 0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik | Russia | Jet | UAV | 2019 | Prototype | 1 | stealth |
| Vought V-173 | US | Propeller | Experimental | 1942 | Prototype | 1 | Circular wing. |
| Vought XF5U | US | Propeller | Fighter | 1947 | Project | 0 | Failed to fly |
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