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.