Introduction

What is "Nurflügel"? Nurflügel is the name of my web page devoted to the history of flying wings. The term "nurflügel" is the German term for what we Americans call "flying wings". When you think of it, that term isn't very precise, as all wings fly (at least the good ones do). My very literal translation program says that "nurflügel" means literally, "all-wing". This is the true meaning of what we mean when we say "flying wing"; that is, an airplane that consists primarily of only a wing, without extraneous surfaces such as rudders, horizontal stabilizers, fuselages, etc.

In this page, I have endeavored to create the best archive of information on flying wings and selected tailless aircraft, with as many photos as I can cram online, all in high resolution. With each photo, I try to provide enough text to provide context.

Currently, there is over 60 Mb online, it will soon be expanding to about 70 Mb.