Nonweiler Waverider
Spacecraft · UK
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British manned spaceplane. Study 1951. 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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- European Rocketplanes, Spaceplane
- Country
- UK
Chronology
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1951 During the Year
- Nonweiler Waverider - . Nation: UK. Spacecraft Bus: Waveriders. Spacecraft: Nonweiler Waverider. The Nonweiler Waverider was a caret wing hypersonic waverider concept developed by Professor Terence R.F. Nonweiler, of Queen`s University, Belfast..