The Aériane Swift[2] is a lightweight (48 kg) foot-launched tailless sailplane whose rigid wings have a span of 40 feet.

Although designed in California, Swift aircraft are now manufactured by Aériane, a European firm based in Gembloux, Belgium.

The Swift (an acronym for 'Swept Wing with Inboard Flap for Trim') was originally conceived as a rigid hang glider with sailplane-like performance.

[1] The swept wing has control surfaces along the entire trailing edge: flaps occupy the inner 42%, and elevons take up 58% of the outer span.

Powered Swift gliders are not foot-launched, having instead two main wheels in tandem layout, and small wing-tip castors.