[Documentary] Lilian Bland: "The First Woman To Design, Build & Fly Her Own Airplane"

<div id="block-368df718f37e045c1c4b" class= "yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14041" class= "sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14058" class= "sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14060" class= "sqs-html-content"> <p class="">Lillian Bland was the first women in the world to design, build and fly her own airplane.</p> <p class=""> </p> <p class="">She was also a sports journalist, photographer, investor, gambler, smoker, mechanic, hunter, markswomen, the owner of Belfast’s first Ford Dealership and the first woman in Northern Ireland to apply for a jockey’s license.</p> <p class=""> </p> <p class="">Living at Tobercorran House in Carnmoney near Glengormley, her curious, defiant free-spirit shattered the societal norms of women living in Presbyterian Ulster during the 1900s.</p> <p class=""> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1606123682310_14549" class= "yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14427" class= "sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14444" class= "sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1606124136014_14446" class= "sqs-html-content"> <p class="">But despite all her achievements and quirks, very few people in Northern Ireland today even knows the name Lillian Bland, never mind the inspiring details of her story.</p> <p class=""> </p> <p class="">In today’s episode, we set out on another journey through the pages of local history to find out more about this incredible woman, and the streets she once called home.</p> <p class=""> </p> <p class="">Check it out.</p> <p class="">//</p> <p>This episode is part of <em>The Streets Where They Lived</em>: a new documentary collaboration between Successful Belfast, Belfast Buildings Trust, and Best of Belfast.