At least in the AP article they included the metric and if you notice, the 
metric is rounded compared to the non-metric.  


Did you mean to state 35 km/h?  I see 22 mph not 22 km/h in the brackets.

Solar Impulse whirred along the runway at Payerne in western Switzerland  
shortly after daybreak, reaching 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph) as  lone pilot 
Andre Borschberg gently took off into clear summer  skies at 6:51 am (0451 GMT).



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From: John M. Steele <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, July 7, 2010 1:27:36 PM
Subject: [USMA:48066] Solar Plane Attempts 25 h flight


At 22 km/h, this will never be successful commercial aviation, but it is an 
interesting story.
 
As a prime example of how AP metric policy can ruin a good metric story, I 
offer 
two links, essentially the same story, but by AFP and AP.
 
AFP first
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100707/tc_afp/switzerlandtechnologyaerospaceenergyenvironment_20100707155844;_ylt=Av6zMF4GAdAyP7bsm6P.FxGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoYmpvZjliBHBvcwMxNARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzb2xhcnBsYW5lY3I-

 
AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100707/ap_on_hi_te/eu_switzerland_solar_adventure;_ylt=AvII28s6IVw7AER_B.MtOfOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMDhwaXVwBHBvcwM0MgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzd2lzc3NvbGFycGw-



      

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