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A delta wing is a wing used on fixed-wing aircraft, mainly fighter aircraft. Delta wings are triangles. Some were "tailless" (which means they had no elevators) and others were "tailed." Many of the Dassault Aviation Mirages had delta wings (like the Mirage III, Mirage V, Mirage 50, and Mirage 2000).
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The MiG-21 had a tailed delta wing configuration (with a conventional tail)
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde during its last flight in 2003
The Eurofighter Typhoon of the German Air Force has a tailless delta wing configuration.
Wind tunnel model of the Avro 720, a delta-winged aircraft, in The Science Museum's Blythe House store