<p>This could be fun. who, where, when, what?
</p><p><b>[/photos/gnmcauley/ Niall McAuley] </b> was on the ball with this one right from kick off, he quickly identified the "Dunne" as John William Dunne!
</p><p>Dunne worked initially on early military aircraft, concentrating on tailless swept wing designs to achieve the first certified inherently stable aircraft. He later developed a new approach to dry fly fishing before turning to philosophy, where he achieved some pre-eminence and literary influence through his theory on the nature of time and consciousness, which he called "Serialism".
</p><p><b>[/photos/24700417@N04/ nl042] </b> was close behind Niall, but, I am afraid no cigar this time.  
</p><p>Niall was also first to suggest April 2nd 1910 as he date for this photo, this was backed up by <b>[/photos/129555378@N07/ sharon.corbet] </b>
</p><p>The consensus is that this is a D.5 plane, please read the comments for more technical information.
</p><p>Anyone care to comment on the relationship (if any) between Mason and Getty around this photo?
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Photographer: <b> Thomas H. Mason</b>
</p><p>Collection:  <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000029624">The Mason Photographic Collection</a></b>
</p><p>Date:  Circa April 2nd 1910
</p><p>NLI Ref:  <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000539119">M24/62/1</a></b>
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