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For types having both fore and aft auxiliary planes, see Three-surface aircraft.

This is a list of canard aircraft, having a foreplane in front of the main wing instead of a conventional tailplane.

Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes
AASI Jetcruzer USA Jet Transport 1989 Prototype 5 Pusher configuration.
AEA June Bug USA Propeller Experimental 1908 Prototype 1
AeroCad AeroCanard USA Propeller Private Homebuilt 24 Pusher propeller.
ALR Piranha Switzerland Jet Multi-role fighter 1980 Project 0
Ambrosini SS.4 Italy Propeller Fighter 1939 Prototype 1 Pusher propeller.
ASL monoplane No.1 UK Propeller Experimental 1909 Prototype Pusher propeller.
ASL monoplane No.2 UK Propeller Experimental 1910 Prototype Pusher propeller.
ASL Valkyrie UK Propeller Private 1910 Production ~11 Mid-engined pusher configuration, with propeller in front of wing. Several variants.
Atlas Cheetah South Africa Jet Fighter 1986 Production 70 Modified Dassault Mirage III airframes. Several variants.
Aviafiber Canard 2FL Switzerland Glider Private 1978 Production Foot-launched. The pilot was accommodated inside a fuselage and withdrew their legs through a hatch in the underside.
Avro 730 UK Jet Bomber 1957 Project 0 Mach 3 performance.
Avtek 400 USA Propeller Transport 1984 Prototype 1 Pusher configuration.
Beech Starship USA Propeller Transport 1986 Production 53 Pusher configuration.
Beltrame Colibri Italy Propeller Private 1938 Prototype 1
Besson canard France Propeller Private 1911 Prototype 1
Berkut 360 USA Propeller Private 1989 Homebuilt 31
Blériot V France Propeller Experimental 1907 Prototype 1 Pusher configuration.
Chengdu J-9 China Jet Fighter 1975 Project 0
Chengdu J-10 China Jet Fighter 1998 Production 468
Chengdu J-20 China Jet Fighter 2011 Production 150
Chudzik CC-1 France Propeller Private 1987 Prototype 1
Cosy Classic USA Propeller Private Homebuilt Variant of the Cozy III, Europeanised by Uli Wolter. The Çapar Mechanical Engineering company produced at least one example in Turkey.
Cozy USA Propeller Private Homebuilt
Cozy III USA Propeller Private 1982 Homebuilt
Cozy MK IV USA Propeller Private 1993 Homebuilt
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender USA Propeller Fighter 1943 Prototype 3 Pusher configuration.
Dassault Mirage III France Jet Fighter 1981 Production Variant with a small close-coupled canard.
Dassault Rafale France Jet Fighter 1986 Production 201
Diehl AeroNautical XTC Hydrolight USA Propeller Amphibious Ultralight 1980s Kit
Dixon Nipper UK Propeller Experimental 1911 Prototype 1
e-Go UK Propeller Private 2013 Prototype 1
Eipper Lotus Microlight USA Propeller 1982
English Electric P.10 UK Jet Reconnaissance 1950s Prototype 0 Mixed turbojet/ramjet propulsion with telescopic wings.
Eurofighter Typhoon International Jet Multi-role fighter 1994 Production 571
Fabre Hydravion France Propeller Experimental 1910 Prototype 1 First airworthy seaplane.
Focke-Wulf F 19 Germany Propeller Experimental 1927 Prototype 2
Focke-Wulf Fw 42 Germany Propeller Bomber 1932 Project 0 Twin-engined.
Freedom Aviation Phoenix USA Propeller Homebuilt 2007 Prototype 1
Grumman X-29 USA Jet Experimental 1984 Prototype 2 Forward-Swept wing experimental aircraft.
Gyroflug Speed Canard Germany Propeller Sports plane 1980 Production 62
Hawker Siddeley P.1134 UK Jet Experimental 1959 Project 0 P.1134/2 variant.
IAI Kfir C2 Israel Jet Fighter 1974 Production 220+ Modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframes. Several variants.
IAI Lavi Israel Jet Fighter 1986 Prototype 5 3 completed, 1 of which was later disassembled
Junqua Ibis France Propeller Homebuilt 1991 Operational 11
Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden Japan Propeller Fighter 1945 Prototype 2 Pusher configuration.
Latécoère 225 France Propeller Ultralight Amphibious 1984 Prototype 1 Pusher configuration.
Lippisch Ente Germany Rocket Experimental 1928 Prototype 1 First rocket powered aircraft.
Lockheed L-133 USA Jet Fighter 1942 Project 0
MacCready Gossamer Condor USA Propeller Experimental 1977 Operational 1 Human-powered aircraft.
MacCready Gossamer Albatross USA Propeller Experimental 1979 Operational 1 Human-powered aircraft.
MacCready Gossamer Penguin USA Propeller Experimental 1979 Operational 1 Solar-powered aircraft.
Messerschmitt P.1110 Ente Germany Jet Fighter 1945 Project 0 Proposed for the Emergency Fighter Program
MiG-8 Utka USSR Propeller Experimental 1945 Prototype 1
North American A3J-1 Vigilante USA Jet Attack 1958 Project 0 Proposal with variable geometery wings, free-floating apex and canards.
North American X-10 USA Jet Experimental 1953 Operational 13
North American SM-64 Navaho USA UAV Attack 1957 Production Cruise missile.
North American XB-70 Valkyrie USA Jet Bomber 1964 Prototype 2 Mach 3 performance, "waverider" wing.
Novi Avion Yugoslavia Jet Multi-role 1991 Project
OMAC Laser 300 USA Propeller Transport 1981 3 Pusher configuration.
Wren 460 Private Propeller 2014 Production
Piaggio P.180 Avanti Italy Propeller Executive transport 1986 Production
Pterodactyl Ascender USA Propeller 1980 Variant with a canard foreplane.
Qaher-313 Iran Jet Fighter 2013 Project
Rockwell-MBB X-31 USA/Germany Jet Experimental 1990 Prototype 2
Roe I Biplane UK Propeller Experimental 1908 Prototype 1
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 UK Propeller Experimental 1911 Prototype 1
Rutan Amsoil Racer USA Propeller Experimental 1981 Prototype 1
Rutan Defiant USA Propeller 1978
Rutan Long-EZ USA Propeller 1979 Homebuilt
Rutan Solitaire USA Glider 1982 Homebuilt Self-launching motor glider.
Rutan VariEze USA Propeller Private 1975 Homebuilt
Rutan VariViggen USA Propeller Private 1972 Homebuilt
Rutan Voyager USA Propeller Experimental 1986 Operational 1 Round-the-world special.
Saab 37 Viggen Sweden Jet Fighter 1967 Production 329
Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sweden Jet Fighter 1988 Production 271
Santos-Dumont 14-bis France Propeller Experimental 1906 Prototype 1
Scaled Composites ARES USA Jet Experimental 1990 Prototype 1
Shenyang J-15 China Jet Fighter 2009 Production 50
Sukhoi Su-33 USSR Jet Fighter 1987 Production 33
Sukhoi T-4 USSR Jet Bomber 1972 Prototype 4 Mach 3 performance.
Tupolev Tu-144 USSR Jet Transport 1968 Production SST. Canard "moustache".
Sukhoi Su-34 Russia Jet fighter-bomber 1990 Production
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Russia-India Jet Fighter 1989 Production License-built variant of the Sukhoi Su-30.
Sukhoi Su-37 Russia Jet Fighter 1996 Prototype
Sukhoi Su-47 Russia Jet Experimental 1997 Prototype Main wing is forward-swept.
Velocity SE USA Propeller
Velocity XL USA Propeller
Archdeacon Glider France Glider Experimental 1904 Prototype 1
Voisin Canard France Propeller 1911
Wright Glider USA Glider Experimental 1902 Prototype 1
Wright Flyer USA Propeller Experimental 1903 Prototype 1
Wright Stagger-Ez USA Propeller Three-seat modification of the Rutan Long-EZ.

References

  1. Airwar.ru.
  2. Avia France.
  3. van Tilborg. "Chudzik CC-1". 1000 aircraft photos. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  4. Deniz, T.; "Çapar", The Turkish Aircraft Production (Englins-language page). (retrieved 15 May 2014)
  5. "A unique database on Burt Rutan and his projects!". Stargazer. Online. 2006. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  6. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-a-5-vigilante-variable-geometry-wings-variants-that-never-were-but-that-paved-the-way-for-tfx-studies/
  7. Peterson's History, Peterson's Performance Plus, Inc.

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