Terence Nonweiler

Terence Nonweiler (1925–1999) held a Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University and later became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He has been creditted with being the pioneer of wave-riding technology.^[1][2][3][4] He also developed a family of airfoil sections, 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.^[5] This airfoil was used as the canard wing section on the Quickie aircraft.

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

1. Flight, 1961 July 20 page 67 (Accessed August 2012)
2. STAAR Research- The Scottish Rocket Programme: An Historical Overview of Waverider Evolution (Accessed August 2012)
3. The Herald Tuesday 28 December 1999 Obit:Prof Terence Nonweiler (Accessed August 2012)
4. New Scientist 24 Dec 1959 (Accessed August 2012)
5. Kelling, Fred (1968). "Experimental Investigation of a HIgh-Lift Low-Drag Aerofoil" (PDF). http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk. Aeronautical Research Council. Retrieved 29 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)