Terence Nonweiler

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]

External links

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