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== Personal life == |
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Terence Nonweiler |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2251&type=P |access-date=2022-03-22 |work=[[University of Glasgow]]}}</ref> He died at his home in [[Raumati Beach]] |
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Terence Nonweiler |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2251&type=P |access-date=2022-03-22 |work=[[University of Glasgow]]}}</ref> He died on 17 December 1999, aged 74, at his home in [[Raumati Beach]] , New Zealand.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 08:52, 26 September 2024
Terence Nonweiler (8 February 1925 - 17 December 1999) held a Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University and later became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He has been credited with being the pioneer of wave-riding technology.[1][2][3][4]
In January 1957 Nonweiler, and six other enthusiasts (including Beverley Shenstone) met at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield 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.[5]
He also developed a family of airfoils,[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He died on 17 December 1999, aged 74, at his home in Raumati Beach , New Zealand.[3]
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References
- ^ Flight, 1961 July 20 page 67 (Accessed August 2012)
- ^ STAAR Research- The Scottish Rocket Programme: An Historical Overview of Waverider Evolution (Accessed August 2012)
- ^ a b The Herald Tuesday 28 December 1999 Obit:Prof Terence Nonweiler (Accessed August 2012)
- ^ New Scientist 24 Dec 1959 (Accessed August 2012)
- ^ Reay, D.A (1977). The History of Man-Powered Flight. Pergammon. p. 136. ISBN 978-1483113579.
- ^ Nonweiler, T. R. F. (1968). "A new series of low-drag aerofoils". Aeronautical Research Council Reports and Memoranda. 3618 – via Cranfield University AERADE.
- ^ Kelling, F. H. (1971). "Experimental investigation of a high-lift low-drag aerofoil". Aeronautical Research Council Current Papers. 1187 – via Cranfield University AERADE.
- ^ "Biography of Terence Nonweiler". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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