Who invented the canard wing? I know that early planes like those built by Santos Dumont and the Voisin brothers used canard wings but who invented the canard wing? *Update* The plane built by Hiram Maxim and tested in 1894 had a canard wing for pitch control.   *Hiram Maxim's plane* So, it is quite evident that this type of wing was not invented by the Wright brothers as some people believe.