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delta wing A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ). Although long studied, it did not find significant applications until the Jet Age, when it proved suitabl ...

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Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

, , 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 The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics). It was developed at the behest of, and principally operated by, the South African Air F ...

, , South Africa , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1986 , , Production , , , , Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III , - ,

Avro Vulcan The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Bomber , , 1952 , , Retired , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Avro 707 The Avro 707 (also known as Type 707) is a British experimental aircraft built to test the tailless aircraft, tailless thick delta wing configuration chosen for the Avro 698 jet bomber, later named the Avro Vulcan, Vulcan. In particular, the lo ...

, , UK , , , , Experimental , , 1949 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless test aircraft for the Avro's jet bomber design , - ,

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) ...

, , 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 The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Developm ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 2000 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless JSF contender. , - ,

Boulton Paul P.111 The Boulton Paul P.111 is an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul. It was amongst the first aircraft designed to explore the characteristics of the tailless delta wing configuration. Th ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Experimental , , 1950 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Boulton Paul P.120 The Boulton Paul P.120 was a research aircraft designed and produced by the United Kingdom, British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul. It was the last aircraft design by the company to be flown. The P.120 was developed to investigate the aero ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Experimental , , 1953 , , Prototype , , , , Tailed development of the P.111. , - , Buran , , USSR , , Spaceplane , , Transport , , 1988 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless. , - ,

CAC CA-23 The CAC CA-23 was a planned supersonic, twinjet, two-seat, Night fighter, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia. Design and development In 1949, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) began as ...

, , Australia , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1952 , , Prototype , , , , Tailed delta. , - ,

Chengdu J-7 The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan) is a People's Republic of China fighter aircraft. It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many si ...

, , China , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1966 , , Production , , , , Tailed. Chinese development of MiG-21 , - ,

Chengdu J-9 The Chengdu J-9 (Chinese: 歼-9) was an interceptor aircraft that was cancelled during development in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was proposed in 1964 by the 601 Institute (Shenyang) as a higher-performing alternative to the Shenya ...

, , China , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1998 , , Prototype , , , , Canard. , - ,

Chengdu J-10 The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (; NATO reporting name: Firebird), is a medium-weight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft capable of all-weather operations, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight contr ...

, , China , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1998 , , Production , , , , Canard. , - ,

Chengdu J-20 The Chengdu J-20 (), also known as ''Mighty Dragon'' (), is a twinjet all-weather stealth fighter aircraft developed by China's Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The J-20 is designed as an air ...

, , China , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 2011 , , Production , , , , Canard. , - ,

Convair XF-92 The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) was an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence interceptor, the design was later used purely for experimental purposes and only one was ...

, , US , , , , Fighter , , 1948 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless , - ,

Convair F2Y Sea Dart The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is the only seaplane to have exceeded the speed of so ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1953 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless seaplane. , - ,

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft designed and manufactured by Convair. Built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s, it entered service in 1956. Its main purpos ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1953 , , Retired , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Convair XFY Pogo The Convair XFY Pogo was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tail-sitter. The Pogo had delta wings and three-bladed contra-rotating propellers powered by a turboprop engine. It was intended to be a high-performance fighter aircr ...

, , US , , Propeller , , Experimental , , 1954 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless VTOL, propeller-driven. , - ,

Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last specialist interceptor i ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1956 , , Retired , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Convair B-58 Hustler The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Bomber , , 1956 , , Retired , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Mirage I The Dassault Mirage III () is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizon ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1955 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Mirage III The Dassault Mirage III () is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizonta ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1956 , , Production , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Mirage IV The Dassault Mirage IV was a French supersonic strategic bomber and deep-reconnaissance aircraft. Developed by Dassault Aviation, the aircraft entered service with the French Air Force in October 1964. For many years it was a vital part of the ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Bomber , , 1959 , , Production , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Mirage 5 The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and a number of other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter and spawned sever ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1965 , , Production , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Mirage 2000 The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (''Arm ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1978 , , Production , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale (, literally meaning "gust of wind", and "burst of fire" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide ran ...

, , France , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1986 , , Production , , , , Canard. , - ,

Dyke Delta The Dyke Delta JD-2 is an American homebuilt aircraft designed in the United States in the 1960s and marketed for amateur construction. It is a monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and seating for four. The wings can be folded for to ...

, , US , , , , Private , , 1966 , , Homebuilt , , , , Double-delta. , - ,

Eurofighter Typhoon The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo ...

, , EU , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1994 , , Production , , , , Canard. , - ,

Fairey Delta 1 The Fairey Delta 1 (FD1) was a research aircraft developed and produced by British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It holds the distinction of being the first British-designed aircraft to be furnished with a delta wing. Initially referr ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Experimental , , 1951 , , Prototype , , , , Tailed. Planned VTOL variant. , - ,

Fairey Delta 2 The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 (internal designation Type V within Fairey) is a British supersonic research aircraft that was produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for a specialised aircraf ...

, , UK , , Supersonic , , Experimental , , 1954 , , Prototype , , 2 , , Tailless. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph. One example rebuilt as BAC 221. , - ,

General Dynamics F-16XL The General Dynamics F-16XL is a derivative of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a Cranked arrow, cranked-arrow delta wing. It was originally conceived as a technology demonstrator, later entered in the Unite ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Experimental , , 1982 , , Prototype , , 1 , , Cranked arrow double-delta. , - ,

Gloster Javelin The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined T-tailed delta-wing subsonic night and all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. The last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Fighter , , 1951 , , Production , , , , Tailed. , - ,

HAL Tejas The HAL Tejas is an Indian, single engine, delta wing, light multirole fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for t ...

, , India , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 2001 , , Production , , , , Tailless. , - ,

Handley Page HP.115 The Handley Page HP.115 was a experimental delta wing aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page. It was built to test the low-speed handling characteristics to be expected from the slender delta configu ...

, , UK , , Subsonic , , Experimental , , 1961 , , Prototype , , 1 , , Tailless narrow delta. Experimental into low speed performance of delta wing for Concorde , - ,

Helwan HA-300 The Helwan HA-300 ( ar, حلوان ٣٠٠) was a single-engine, delta-wing, light supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in Egypt during the 1960s. At various stages, Spain and India were involved in the development program. Spain was fina ...

, , Egypt , , , , Fighter , , 1969 , , Prototype , , , , Tailed. Designed by

Willy Messerschmitt Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In 1934, in collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most importan ...

for Hispano-Aviación in Spain. , - ,

IAI Kfir , abbreviated , is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden attacks.Christensen, Karen and Allen Guttmann et.al (2001) ''International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports ...

, , Israel , , Supersonic , , , , 1973 , , Production , , , , Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III. , - ,

Lavochkin La-250 The Lavochkin La-250 "Anakonda" was a high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype developed in the Soviet Union by the Lavochkin design bureau in the 1950s. Its nickname "Anaconda" was invented during the flight test and referred to both the e ...

, , 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 The Lockheed A-12 is a high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. The aircraft was designate ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , , , 1962 , , Production , , , , Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ , - ,

Lockheed YF-12 The Lockheed YF-12 was an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potenti ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1968 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ , - ,

Lockheed M-21 The Lockheed A-12 is a high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. The aircraft was designat ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , , , 1966 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ mothership for D-21. , - ,

Lockheed D-21 The Lockheed D-21 is an American supersonic reconnaissance drone. The D-21 was initially designed to be launched from the back of an M-21 carrier aircraft, a variant of the Lockheed A-12 aircraft. The drone had maximum speed in excess of at a ...

, , US , , UAV , , , , 1971 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless with long chines. Launched from the M-21. , - ,

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. It was operated by the United States Air Force ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , , , 1964 , , Production , , , , Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+ , - ,

McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed an ...

, , US , , , , , , 1954 , , Production , , , , Ogival delta, with tail. , - ,

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet aircraft, jet fighter aircraft, fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB, De ...

, , USSR , , Supersonic , , , , 1956 , , Production , , , , Tailed delta , - ,

Myasishchev M-50 The Myasishchev M-50 (russian: Мясищев М-50; NATO reporting name Bounder) is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service. Only one flightworthy prototype was built, which was first flown i ...

, , USSR , , , , , , 1959 , , Prototype , , , , , - ,

Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela The Moskalyev SAM-9 (Arrow) was a one-off, Soviet, 1930s experimental tailless aircraft designed to test the characteristics of a leaf-shaped low-aspect-ratio delta wing. Design and development As early as 1933, Aleksandr Moskalyev was designin ...

, , USSR , , , , Experimental , , 1934 , , Prototype , , , , Tailless narrow, curved delta. Soviet aircraft unknown
Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com , - , NASA

Space Shuttle Orbiter The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1977 to 2011 by NASA, the U.S. space agency, thi ...

, , US , , Spaceplane , , Transport , , 1981 , , Production , , , , Double delta. , - ,

North American XB-70 Valkyrie The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North Ame ...

, , US , , Supersonic , , Bomber , , 1964 , , Prototype , , , , Canard capable of Mach 3. , - ,

Payen PA-22 The Payen PA-22 was a French experimental aircraft designed by Nicolas Roland Payen. The aircraft had an unconventional design: it had a set of delta wings, in front of which were a set of short conventional wings. It had a fixed front landi ...

, , France , , , , , , 1941 , , Prototype , , , ,

Tandem wing QAC Quickie Q2 A tandem wing is a wing configuration in which a flying craft or animal has two or more sets of wings set one behind another. All the wings contribute to lift. The tandem wing is distinct from the biplane in which the wings are s ...

with straight canard plane and delta aft plane , - ,

Payen Pa 49 The Payen Pa 49 Katy was a small Experimental aircraft, experimental France, French turbojet powered tailless aircraft, designed by Nicolas Roland Payen, and first flown in 1954. It was the first French aircraft of this kind and the smallest jet ...

, , France , , , , , , 1954 , , Prototype , , , , , - ,

Saab 35 Draken The Saab 35 Draken (; 'The Kite' or 'The Dragon') is a Swedish fighter-interceptor developed and manufactured by Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) between 1955 and 1974. Development of the Saab 35 Draken started in 1948 as the Swedish air fo ...

, , Sweden , , Supersonic , , , , 1955 , , Production , , , , Double delta. , - ,

Saab 37 Viggen The Saab 37 Viggen (Swedish for ''"the Bolt"'' or ''"the Tufted Duck"'' ( see name)) is a retired Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range combat aircraft. Development work on the type was initiated at Saab in 1952 and, following ...

, , Sweden , , Supersonic , , , , 1967 , , Production , , , , Canard. First close-coupled type. , - ,

Saab JAS 39 Gripen The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (; English: ''griffin'') is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stabilit ...

, , Sweden , , Supersonic , , , , 1988 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Shenyang J-8 The Shenyang J-8 (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is an interceptor aircraft developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, 601 Institute (Shenyang) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It ...

, , China , , Supersonic , , , , 1969 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Short SC.1 The Short SC.1 was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft. It was developed by Short Brothers. It was powered by an arrangement of five Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojets, four of which were used for vertical ...

, , 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 The Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) was a single-engine, all-weather, missile-armed interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. Development The Su-9 emerged from aerodynamic studies by TsAGI, the Soviet aerodynamic center, ...

, , USSR , , , , , , 1956 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Sukhoi Su-11 The Sukhoi Su-11 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot-C) was an interceptor aircraft used by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Design and development The Su-11 was an upgraded version of the Sukhoi Su-9 ('Fishpot') interceptor, which had been developed ...

, , USSR , , , , , , 1958 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Sukhoi Su-15 The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designed to replace t ...

(Early models) , , USSR , , Supersonic , , Fighter , , 1962 , , Production , , , , Tailed. Later models had a cranked leading edge. , - ,

Tupolev Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...

, , 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.

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

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