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    John William Dunne FRAeS (2 December 1875 – 24 August 1949) was a British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher. As a young man he fought in...
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    designer to achieve this, the first being developed by the pioneer aviator J. W. Dunne. Sweeping the wing leading edge back, either as a swept wing or delta...
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  • An Experiment with Time (category J. W. Dunne)
    a book by the British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher J. W. Dunne (1875–1949) about his precognitive dreams and a theory of time which...
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    The Dunne D.8 of 1912 was a tailless swept wing biplane, designed by J. W. Dunne to have inherent stability. One example was supplied to RAE Farnborough...
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  • answer without ever having heard the question. In the early 20th century J. W. Dunne, a British soldier and aeronautics engineer, experienced several dreams...
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  • Jasmine Dunne (born 1973) J. W. Dunne (1875–1949), Irish born Aeronautical Inventor and philosopher, son of Irish born Sir John Hart Dunne Jeff Dunne (1956–2020)...
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    The Dunne D.5 was a British experimental aircraft built in 1910. A tailless swept-wing biplane, it was designed by J. W. Dunne and built by Short Brothers...
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  • general relativity proposed by Max Planck and Albert Einstein. In 1927 J. W. Dunne wrote an influential book proposing a theory that time could flow differently...
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  • featured in the film Hard Grit J. W. Dunne (1875–1949), British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003), American novelist...
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    together with a swept-back wing planform. The Dunne D.5 incorporated this principle and its designer J. W. Dunne published it in 1913. The wash-out reduces...
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