The Nonweiler Waverider of the 1950`s was the original caret wing waverider concept. Developed by Professor Terence R.F. Nonweiler, of Queen's University, Belfast. This was the concept which spawned all the other waverider concepts. The first paper written by Nonweiler on the subject was in 1951.

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  The Nonweiler Waverider was a caret wing hypersonic waverider concept developed by Professor Terence R.F. Nonweiler, of Queen`s University, Belfast.