List of canard aircraft explained

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

|-| 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 || [1] |-| Besson canard || France || Propeller || Private || 1911 || Prototype || 1 || [2] |-| 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 || [3] |-| 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.[4] |-| 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 || || || [5] |-| 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.|-H| 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 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 || || [6] |-| 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.|}

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Notes and References

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