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3 unusual facts about Lilian Bland


Bland Mayfly

The Bland Mayfly was an early aircraft constructed in 1910 by Lilian E. Bland in Carnmoney in Northern Ireland.

Lilian Bland

In 1900, following the death of her mother, Bland and her father moved to Tobercorran House in Carnmoney, north of Belfast, to live with her aunt Sarah.

In 1909, Bland's uncle, William James Smythe, sent her a postcard of the Blériot monoplane from Paris, inspiring her to take up flying.



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