List of delta-wing aircraft

This is a list of aircraft with delta wings.

Type	Country	Class	Role	Date	Status	Notes
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde	UK/France	Supersonic	Transport	1969	Production	Ogival delta.
Atlas Cheetah	South Africa	Supersonic	Fighter	1986	Production	Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III
Avro Vulcan	UK	Subsonic	Bomber	1952	Production	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	Tailed.
BAC 221	UK	Supersonic	Experimental	1964	Prototype	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.
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	Prototype	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	Production	Tailless
Convair XFY Pogo	US	Propeller	Experimental	1954	Prototype	Tailless VTOL, propeller-driven.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart	US	Supersonic	Fighter	1956	Production	Tailless
Convair B-58 Hustler	US	Supersonic	Bomber	1956	Production	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 V	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	Tailless. First aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph. One example rebuilt as BAC 221.
General Dynamics F-16XL	US	Supersonic	Experimental	1982	Prototype	Cranked arrow double-delta.
Gloster Javelin	UK	Subsonic	Fighter	1951	Production	Tailed.
HAL Tejas	India		Fighter	2001	Production	Tailless.
Handley Page HP.115	UK	Subsonic	Experimental	1961	Prototype	Tailless narrow delta. Experimental into low speed performance of delta wing for Concorde
Helwan HA-300	Egypt		Fighter	Prototype	1969	Tailed. Designed by Willy Messerschmitt.
IAI Kfir	Israel	Supersonic		1973	Production	Canard development of the Dassault Mirage III.
Lavochkin La-250	1956		Fighter	USSR	Prototype	Tailed.
Lippisch Delta IV	Germany		Experimental		Prototype	Tailless broad delta. Also known as the DFS 39.
Lippisch DM1	Germany	Glider	Experimental		Prototype	Tailless delta. 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			Production	Tailless with long chines. Mach 3+
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	US			1954	Production	Tailed delta
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	USSR	Supersonic			Production	Tailed delta
Myasishchev M-50	USSR				Prototype
Moskalev SAM-9 Strela	USSR		Experimental	1934	Prototype	Tailless narrow, curved delta. [1][2]
Space Shuttle Orbiter	US	Spaceplane	Transport		Production	NASA
North American XB-70 Valkyrie	US	Supersonic	Bomber	1964	Prototype	Canard capable of Mach 3.
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder	China / Pakistan	Supersonic	Multi-role	2003	Production
Saab 35 Draken	Sweden	Supersonic			Production	Double-delta.
Saab 37 Viggen	Sweden	Supersonic			Production	Canard. First close-coupled type.
Saab JAS 39 Gripen	Sweden	Supersonic			Production
Shenyang J-8	China	Supersonic			Production
Short SC.1	UK	Subsonic	Experimental	1957	Prototype	Tailless VTOL aircraft.
Sukhoi T-4 / 100 Sotka	USSR	Supersonic	Bomber	1972	Prototype	Canard capable of Mach 3
Sukhoi Su-9	USSR				Production
Sukhoi Su-11	USSR				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	1977	Production	Ogival delta with retractable "moustache" foreplanes.

References

Citations

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

Bibliography

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