List of experimental aircraft

A group of 1950s NACA research aircraft

As used here, an experimental or research and development aircraft, sometimes also called an X-plane, is one which is designed or substantially adapted to investigate novel flight technologies.

Argentina

Australia

  • GAF Pika – manned test craft for drone program

Brazil

Canada

Canadair CL-84 Dynavert tilt-wing VTOL research aircraft

France

Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire
SNECMA Coléoptère experimental tailsitter in 1959

Germany

Dornier Do 29 tilt rotor STOL
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 9 1943. – Prone pilot
  • Albatros L.81 – Elektron metal structure testbed
  • AVA AF 1 – Augumented lift
  • DFS 194 1940 – Tailless rocket aircraft used in development of Me 163
  • DFS 346 1948 – Supersonic reconnaissance aircraft used for research
  • Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet TransSonische Tragflügel (TST) – Transonic supercritical wing research
  • Dornier Do 29 – Tilt rotor STOL
Heinkel He 178 pioneering turbojet-powered aircraft
Opel RAK.1 rocket engine research aircraft

Italy

Caproni-Campini N.1/CC.2 experimental motorjet and second jet aircraft to fly

Poland

Japan

Gasuden Koken

Russia/Soviet Union

Antonov A-40 tank glider
Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Ekranoplan
Yakovlev Yak-36 VTOL research vehicle

Spain

Cierva C.6 autogiro

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Avro 707 research aircraft in formation with Avro Vulcan bomber prototypes
Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft
Gloster E.28/39 jet engine research aircraft
Miles M.35 Libellula canard research aircraft
Rolls-Royce thrust measuring rig VTOL testbed

United States

Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft
Bell X-5 variable-sweep wing testbed
North American X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered research aircraft

X-planes

Grumman X-29 forward swept wing and stability research aircraft

Other experimental types

US Army Bell 533 high speed helicopter research aircraft
XFV-12A on ramp at NAA in Columbus, Ohio
Scaled Composites Proteus in flight during 2002 for US Department of Energy ARM-UAV program
Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae high-altitude research aircraft – confirmed existence of jet stream
Lifting body research aircraft – from left to right, X-24A, M2-F3 and HL-10
Northrop N-9M flying wing
Vought V-173 disk wing research aircraft

See also


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