Aircraft described as flying wing have aroused interest of the designers
since the early, pioneer years of aviation. This definition is used to
describe aircraft with specific design solutions, allowing for
resignation from conventional vertical and horizontal empennage and
primarily from conventional fuselage. Virtually the whole airframe
comprises only the wing, housing both the cockpit and powerplant. A
sugroup of flying wings are tailless aircraft, differing from the
traditional designs only in lack of horizontal empennage.
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