List of delta-wing aircraft

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This is a list of aircraft with delta wings.

Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes

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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[edit]

### Citations[edit]

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

### Bibliography[edit]

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