List of canard aircraft‎‎

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

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| AASI Jetcruzer || USA || Jet || Transport || 1989 || Prototype || 5 || Pusher configuration.

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| AEA June Bug || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1908 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| AeroCad AeroCanard || USA || Propeller || Private || || Homebuilt || 24 || Pusher propeller.

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| ALR Piranha || Switzerland || Jet || Multi-role fighter || 1980 || Project || 0 ||

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| Ambrosini SS.4 || Italy || Propeller || Fighter || 1939 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher propeller.

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| ASL monoplane No.1 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1909 || Prototype || || Pusher propeller.

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| ASL monoplane No.2 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1910 || Prototype || || Pusher propeller.

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| ASL Valkyrie || UK || Propeller || Private || 1910 || Production || ~11 || Mid-engined pusher configuration, with propeller in front of wing. Several variants.

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| Atlas Cheetah || South Africa || Jet || Fighter || 1986 || Production || 70 || Modified Dassault Mirage III airframes. Several variants.

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| 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.

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| Avro 730 || UK || Jet || Bomber || 1957 || Project || 0 || Mach 3 performance.

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| Avtek 400 || USA || Propeller || Transport || 1984 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher configuration.

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| Beech Starship || USA || Propeller || Transport || 1986 || Production || 53 || Pusher configuration.

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| Beltrame Colibri || Italy || Propeller || Private || 1938 || Prototype || 1 || {{Citation | url = http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/colibri.html | title = Airwar.ru}}.

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| Besson canard || France || Propeller || Private || 1911 || Prototype || 1 || {{Citation | url = http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=10054&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=205&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= | title = Avia France}}.

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| Berkut 360 || USA || Propeller || Private || 1989 || Homebuilt || 31 ||

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| Blériot V || France || Propeller || Experimental || 1907 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher configuration.

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| Chengdu J-9 || China || Jet || Fighter || 1975 || Project || 0 ||

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| Chengdu J-10 || China || Jet || Fighter || 1998 || Production || 468 ||

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| Chengdu J-20 || China || Jet || Fighter || 2011 || Production || 150 ||

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| Chudzik CC-1 || France || Propeller || Private || 1987 || Prototype || 1 || {{cite web| last = van Tilborg | url=http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/VanTilborg/7775.htm |title=Chudzik CC-1 |publisher=1000 aircraft photos | accessdate= 2013-04-20}}

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| 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.Deniz, T.; "Çapar", The Turkish Aircraft Production (Englins-language page).[] (retrieved 15 May 2014)

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| Cozy || USA || Propeller || Private || || Homebuilt || ||

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| Cozy III || USA || Propeller || Private || 1982 || Homebuilt || ||

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| Cozy MK IV || USA || Propeller || Private || 1993 || Homebuilt || ||

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| Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender || USA || Propeller || Fighter || 1943 || Prototype || 3 || Pusher configuration.

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| Dassault Mirage III || France || Jet || Fighter || 1981 || Production || || Variant with a small close-coupled canard.

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| Dassault Rafale || France || Jet || Fighter || 1986 || Production || 201 ||

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| Diehl AeroNautical XTC Hydrolight || USA || Propeller || Amphibious Ultralight || 1980s || Kit || ||

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| Dixon Nipper || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1911 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| e-Go || UK || Propeller || Private || 2013 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Eipper Lotus Microlight || USA || Propeller || || 1982 || || || {{cite web | url = http://stargazer2006.online.fr/aircraft/microlight.htm | work = Stargazer | title = A unique database on Burt Rutan and his projects! | publisher = Online | year = 2006 | accessdate = 2013-04-20 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605210540/http://stargazer2006.online.fr/aircraft/microlight.htm | archivedate = 2013-06-05 }}

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| English Electric P.10 || UK || Jet || Reconnaissance || 1950s || Prototype || 0 || Mixed turbojet/ramjet propulsion with telescopic wings.

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| Eurofighter Typhoon || International || Jet || Multi-role fighter|| 1994 || Production || 571 ||

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| Fabre Hydravion || France || Propeller || Experimental || 1910 || Prototype || 1 || First airworthy seaplane.

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| Focke-Wulf F 19 || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1927 || Prototype || 2 ||

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| Focke-Wulf Fw 42 || Germany || Propeller || Bomber || 1932 || Project || 0 || Twin-engined.

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| Freedom Aviation Phoenix || USA || Propeller || Homebuilt || 2007 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Grumman X-29 || USA || Jet || Experimental || 1984 || Prototype || 2 || Forward-Swept wing experimental aircraft.

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| Gyroflug Speed Canard || Germany || Propeller || Sports plane || 1980 || Production || 62 ||

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| Hawker Siddeley P.1134 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1959 || Project || 0 || P.1134/2 variant.

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| IAI Kfir C2 || Israel || Jet || Fighter || 1974 || Production || 220+ || Modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframes. Several variants.

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| IAI Lavi || Israel || Jet || Fighter || 1986 || Prototype || 5 || 3 completed, 1 of which was later disassembled

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| Junqua Ibis || France || Propeller || Homebuilt || 1991 || Operational || 11 ||

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| Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden || Japan || Propeller || Fighter || 1945 || Prototype || 2 || Pusher configuration.

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| Latécoère 225 || France || Propeller || Ultralight Amphibious || 1984 || Prototype ||1 || Pusher configuration.

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| Lippisch Ente || Germany || Rocket || Experimental || 1928 || Prototype || 1 || First rocket powered aircraft.

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| Lockheed L-133 || USA || Jet || Fighter || 1942 || Project || 0 ||

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| MacCready Gossamer Condor || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1977 || Operational || 1 || Human-powered aircraft.

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| MacCready Gossamer Albatross || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1979 || Operational || 1 || Human-powered aircraft.

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| MacCready Gossamer Penguin || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1979 || Operational || 1 || Solar-powered aircraft.

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| Messerschmitt P.1110 Ente || Germany || Jet || Fighter || 1945 || Project || 0 || Proposed for the Emergency Fighter Program

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| MiG-8 Utka || USSR || Propeller || Experimental || 1945 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| North American A3J-1 Vigilante || USA || Jet || Attack || 1958 || Project || 0 || Proposal with variable geometery wings, free-floating apex and canards.https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-a-5-vigilante-variable-geometry-wings-variants-that-never-were-but-that-paved-the-way-for-tfx-studies/

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| North American X-10 || USA || Jet || Experimental || 1953 || Operational || 13 ||

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| North American SM-64 Navaho || USA || UAV || Attack || 1957 || Production || || Cruise missile.

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| North American XB-70 Valkyrie || USA || Jet || Bomber || 1964 || Prototype || 2 || Mach 3 performance, "waverider" wing.

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| Novi Avion || Yugoslavia || Jet || Multi-role || 1991 || Project || ||

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| OMAC Laser 300 || USA || Propeller || Transport || 1981 || || 3 || Pusher configuration.

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| O'Neill Pea Pod || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1962 || Homebuilt || 1 || Did not fly.

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| Wren 460 || Private || Propeller || || 2014 || Production || || {{Citation | url =http://www.katmai-kenai.com/resources/history.php | title = Peterson's History| publisher = Peterson's Performance Plus, Inc}}.

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| Piaggio P.180 Avanti || Italy || Propeller || Executive transport || 1986 || Production || ||

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| Pterodactyl Ascender || USA || Propeller || || 1980 || || || Variant with a canard foreplane.

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| Qaher-313 || Iran || Jet || Fighter || 2013 || Project || ||

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| Rockwell-MBB X-31 || USA/Germany || Jet || Experimental || 1990 || Prototype || 2 ||

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| Roe I Biplane || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1908 || Prototype ||1 ||

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| Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1911 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Rutan Amsoil Racer || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1981 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Rutan Defiant || USA || Propeller || || 1978 || || ||

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| Rutan Long-EZ || USA || Propeller || || 1979 || Homebuilt || ||

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| Rutan Solitaire || USA || Glider || || 1982 ||Homebuilt || || Self-launching motor glider.

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| Rutan VariEze || USA || Propeller || Private || 1975 || Homebuilt || ||

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| Rutan VariViggen || USA || Propeller || Private || 1972 || Homebuilt || ||

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| Rutan Voyager || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1986 || Operational || 1 || Round-the-world special.

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| Saab 37 Viggen || Sweden || Jet || Fighter || 1967 || Production || 329 ||

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| Saab JAS 39 Gripen || Sweden || Jet || Fighter || 1988 || Production || 271 ||

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| Santos-Dumont 14-bis || France || Propeller || Experimental || 1906 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Scaled Composites ARES || USA || Jet || Experimental || 1990 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Shenyang J-15 || China || Jet || Fighter || 2009 || Production || 50 ||

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| Sukhoi Su-33 || USSR || Jet || Fighter || 1987 || Production || 33 ||

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| Sukhoi T-4 || USSR || Jet || Bomber || 1972 || Prototype || 4 || Mach 3 performance.

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| Tupolev Tu-144 || USSR || Jet || Transport || 1968 || Production || || SST. Canard "moustache".

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| Sukhoi Su-34 || Russia || Jet || fighter-bomber || 1990 || Production || ||

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| Sukhoi Su-30 MKI || Russia-India || Jet || Fighter || 1989 || Production || || License-built variant of the Sukhoi Su-30.

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| Sukhoi Su-37 || Russia || Jet || Fighter || 1996 || Prototype || ||

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| Sukhoi Su-47 || Russia || Jet || Experimental || 1997 || Prototype || || Main wing is forward-swept.

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| Velocity SE || USA || Propeller || || || || ||

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| Velocity XL || USA || Propeller || || || || ||

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| Archdeacon Glider || France || Glider || Experimental || 1904 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Voisin Canard || France || Propeller || || 1911 || || ||

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| Wright Glider || USA || Glider || Experimental || 1902 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Wright Flyer || USA || Propeller || Experimental || 1903 || Prototype || 1 ||

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| Wright Stagger-Ez || USA || Propeller || || || || || Three-seat modification of the Rutan Long-EZ.

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| Boeing F-47 || USA || Jet || Fighter || || Prototype || || {{cite news |last1=Rogoway |first1=Tyler |title=What The F-47's Canards Say About The Rest Of Its Design |url=https://www.twz.com/air/what-the-f-47s-canards-say-about-the-rest-of-its-design |access-date=29 March 2025 |work=The War Zone |date=24 March 2025}}

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