Delta wing facts for kids

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RNZAF Mirage III PITCH BLACK 84 1
A Mirage III tailless delta wing fighter
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A tailed MiG-21 Fishbed

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).

Delta winged fighters

Types of aircraft
Famous aircraft

Images for kids

  • MiG-21 FISHBED (MIKOYAN-GUREVICH)
    The MiG-21 had a tailed delta wing configuration (with a conventional tail)
  • Concorde on Bristol

    Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde during its last flight in 2003

  • Eurofighter 9803 2

    The Eurofighter Typhoon of the German Air Force has a tailless delta wing configuration.

  • Blythe House, Science Museum 10 - windtunnel model

    Wind tunnel model of the Avro 720, a delta-winged aircraft, in The Science Museum's Blythe House store


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