Terence Nonweiler (8 February 1925 - 17 December 1999) held a Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at

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and later became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He has been credited with being the pioneer of wave-riding technology.''The Herald'' Tuesday 28 December 1999 Obit:Prof Terence Nonweiler
(Accessed August 2012) In January 1957 Nonweiler, and six other enthusiasts (including Beverley Shenstone) met at the

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and formed the Man-Powered Aircraft Committee (later to become the Man-Powered Aircraft Group of the RAeS) with the purposes of reviewing relevant literature, assessing its prospects, and promoting its realisation. He also developed a family of

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, the best-known of which is the GU25-5(11)8 which was the subject of a wind tunnel test by F.H. Kelling in 1968. This airfoil was used as the canard wing section on the Quickie aircraft.

Personal life

Nonweiler was born on 8 February 1925 in London. He married Patricia Hilda Frances (née Neame) in 1949 and they had four sons and one daughter. He died at his home in

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on 17 December 1999 at the age of 74.

External links

Papers of Terence Reginald Forbes Nonweiler, b.1925, engineer, Professor of Engineering (Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics), University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1961-1975

References

British aerospace engineers 1925 births 1999 deaths {{UK-academic-stub