Type |
Country |
Class |
Role |
Date |
Status |
No. |
Notes
|
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
|
Hawker Siddeley HS 138 |
UK |
Supersonic |
Strike fighter |
1969 |
Prototype |
|
Tailless.
|
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.
|
Variviggen |
US |
|
Private |
1970 |
Homebuilt |
|
Canard Delta.
|
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.
|