List of flying wings

The following is a list of flying wings, their roles, successfulness, and countries of origin. A flying wing aircraft is one which has no distinct fuselage or tail, and the crew, engines and equipment are housed inside a thick wing, typically showing small nacelles, blisters and other housings.

List

Type	Country	Class	Role	Date	Status	No.	Notes
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52	UK	Jet	Experimental	1947	Prototype	Twin engined.
Charpentier C1	France			1935		Trimotor
Chyeranovskii BICh-3	USSR		Experimental	1926	Prototype
DINFIA IA 38	Argentine	Experimental tailless transport aircraft		1960	Prototype
Farrar V-1 Flying Wing	US	Glider		1962	Prototype
Freel Flying Wing	US	Glider		1937	Prototype	School project
Horten H.I	Germany	Glider		1933	Prototype
Horten H.II	Germany	Glider		1935	Prototype
Horten H.III	Germany	Glider	Experimental	1937	Prototype	Motorglider
Horten H.IV	Germany	Glider		1941	Prototype	Four built. IV and IVa had a fuselage.
Horten H.Va, b, c	Germany			1937	Prototype	Two flown. Twin engined. Vb converted into Vc
Horten H.VII	Germany		Testbed/trainer	1942	Prototype	Twin engined
Horten Ho 229 (H.IX)	Germany		Fighter	1944	Prototype	Two flown.
Horten H.X	Germany	Jet	Fighter		Project
Horten H.XI	Germany	Glider
Horten H.XII	Germany	Propeller	Experimental		Project	Powered variant of H IVb with laminar flow wing
Horten H.XIII	Germany	Jet	Fighter		Project
Horten H.XIV		Glider	Experimental
Horten H.XVIII	Germany	Jet	Bomber		Project
Horten Parabola	Germany	Glider	Experimental		Project	Built but not flown.
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II	US		Attack	1991	Project
Northrop B-2 Spirit	US	Jet	Bomber	1989	Production
Northrop N-1M	US	Propeller	Experimental	1940	Prototype
Northrop N-9M	US	Propeller	Experimental	1942	Prototype	4 flown.
Northrop XP-79	US	Jet	Fighter	1945	Prototype
Northrop XB-35 & YB-35	US	Propeller	Bomber	1945	Prototype
Northrop YB-49	US	Jet	Bomber	1947	Prototype	Converted YB-35.
Northrop Grumman Switchblade	US	UAV		2008	Project
NRC tailless glider	Canada	Glider	Research	1946	Prototype	Two-seat
Putilov Stal-5	USSR	Propeller	Transport	1933	Project	18 passengers, scale model flown 1935.
Vought V-173	US	Propeller	Experimental	1942	Prototype	Circular wing.
Vought XF5U	US	Propeller	Fighter	1947	Project	Circular wing. Built but not flown.

See also

• Blended wing body
• Lifting body
• Variable-sweep wing

External links

• Development History of Horten Flying Wing Aircraft