A lifting body is a fixed-wing aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which the body itself produces lift. In contrast to a flying wing, which is a wing with minimal or no conventional fuselage, a lifting body can be thought of as a fuselage with little or no conventional wing. Whereas a flying wing seeks to maximize cruise efficiency at subsonic speeds by eliminating non-lifting surfaces, lifting bodies generally minimize the drag and structure of a wing for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight, or, spacecraft re-entry.

Not to be confused with [[lifting]] or [[carrying]] tags.

h4. See also

* [[airplane]]
* [[carrying]]
* [[lifting]]
* [[List of Airplanes]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Lifting body":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_body
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