Lillian Bland: The World's First Woman Aviator

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Lillian Bland: The World's First Woman Aviator

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Location

Carnmoney

Year

2017

Date

Production 01/03/2017

Length

03min 47sec

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sound

Format

DVC

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ITV

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ITV

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Lillian Bland was a renaissance woman. Born in Maidstone, raised in Carnmoney, Bland was a wildlife photographer, journalist, car dealer, farmer, painter, and, perhaps most impressively, a pioneer aviator. She was bitten by the flying bug while on a nature photography trip in Scotland. She became obsessed with aviation and taught herself how to design aircraft. She created the Mayfly, which made its first successful flight in August 1910.

This report details some of Bland's achievements, as well as the creation of a 2017 musical about her life. 

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Courtesy of ITV.

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