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Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. With this type of aircraft, the functions of longitudinal stability and control are incorporated into the main wing. Directional (yawing) stability from the vertical stabilizer. What Is a Tailless Aircraft? Lets find out.

Tail

Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag

Mach Number Explained: What It Is and Why Pilots Use It

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

For most aircraft with highly cambered wings or thick profiles, airflow accelerates over the top of the wing. The tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) at high Mach can also develop shocks or experience disturbed airflow from the wings. So you might be flying at, say, Mach 0.85

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True Airspeed Pilot Indicated Airspeed Lift

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Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail

Mach Number Explained: What It Is and Why Pilots Use It

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