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Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony O'conner Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 13:48 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:48067] Re: Solar Plane Attempts 25 h flight 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 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100707/tc_afp/switzerlandtechnologyaerospacee nergyenvironment_20100707155844;_ylt=Av6zMF4GAdAyP7bsm6P.FxGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDM TFoYmpvZjliBHBvcwMxNARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzb2xhcnBsYW5lY 3I> Borschberg gently took off into clear summer skies at 6:51 am (0451 GMT). _____ 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/switzerlandtechnologyaerospaceen ergyenvironment_20100707155844;_ylt=Av6zMF4GAdAyP7bsm6P.FxGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMT FoYmpvZjliBHBvcwMxNARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzb2xhcnBsYW5lY3 I- AP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100707/ap_on_hi_te/eu_switzerland_solar_adventu re;_ylt=AvII28s6IVw7AER_B.MtOfOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMDhwaXVwBHBvcwM0MgRzZWMDYW Njb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzd2lzc3NvbGFycGw-
