At 06:00 07 March 2005, Bruce Hoult wrote:

Hmm. The last few have been conventional (SS1/WhiteKnight/GlobalF
lyer)
but the starship, proteus and boomerang are all canard.
As are the UAVs
I think.


Starship was more than 20 years ago - not sure about
the others.

Certainly the argument that canards are more efficient
or inherently safer has been debunked by now. The Starship
was barely faster than a King Air, burned more fuel
and had a smaller cabin. It was also significantly
more expensive to produce -- however, it did look cool.
You may have noticed that Beech has quietly been buying
them back and grinding them up.

9B