102 yr old Bleriot designed aircraft with a 100 yr old engine flys for the first time
Experimmental Aviation Assoiciation enthuisiasts decided to undergo 1000's of hours to build an aircraft to the design specs planned out 102 years ago.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06/flying-a-102-year-old-design-for-the-first-time/#more-36045
and the source of their story: http://eaa.org/news/2011/2011-06-06_bleriot.asp which has the full uncondensed story
EAA’s project also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first air mail flight by Earle Ovington’s famous Queen’s Bleriot, on September 23, 1911.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06/flying-a-102-year-old-design-for-the-first-time/#more-36045
and the source of their story: http://eaa.org/news/2011/2011-06-06_bleriot.asp which has the full uncondensed story
EAA’s project also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first air mail flight by Earle Ovington’s famous Queen’s Bleriot, on September 23, 1911.
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