Examples
- Langley Aerodrome - 1890s-1900s, Langley's first tandem wings were steam-powered unmanned aircraft, manned attempts in 1903 failed to achieve take-off.
- Blériot VI - 1907
- Caproni Ca.60 - 1921
- Arsenal-Delanne 10
- Miles M.35 Libellula and Miles M.39B Libellula - 1942-1945, an experimental fighter and a scaled bomber design
- Westland P.12 Lysander Delanne - 1940, modification of a Lysander observation aircraft with a gun turret replacing the conventional empennage
- Mauboussin Hémiptère
- Mignet Pou-du-Ciel - 1933 - the most popular and imitated pre-World War II design
- Peyret Tandem - 1922 - winner at the first British Glider Competition at Itford in 1922
- Curtiss-Wright X-19 - 1963 - Four rotor convertiplane
- Rutan Quickie - 1978
- Viking Dragonfly - 1980
- Scaled Composites Proteus - 1998
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