Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky
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Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky was a Soviet aircraft designer, notable for creating world's first fly-worthy flying wing
aircraft - the gliders BICh-1 and BICh-2 from 1924, and powered BICh-3
later. They used tailless parabolic planform
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Flying wing
A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the main wing structure....
aircraft - the gliders BICh-1 and BICh-2 from 1924, and powered BICh-3
BICh-3
|-See also:-References:* Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9-External links:* http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/RAM/bich-3.html...
later. They used tailless parabolic planform
Planform
In aviation, a planform is the shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing. Of all the myriad planforms used, they can typically be grouped into those used for low-speed flight, found on general aviation aircraft, and those used for high-speed flight, found on many military...
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