RAINMAKERS ACHIE[?] ANOTHER SUCCES
Must Have DeepClou a At Great Height SYDNEY, Fek Rain teeemed from clouds i the Blue-- Mountains after been treated by a team of sss flying in- a R.A.A.F. Liberator. ever, rainmakers refuse to tt lant. They say that the tests have been satisfaetory, but tk of work lies ahead before a:; definite can be announced. "We now know ful I vMJat can produce good rain gim;i ourable cloud formation," s»il E. B. Kraus, hut nobodyts foggiest idea Iiow often we ra successful. This is essentiali* we can say it is an economia! position. "Apart from requiring a deep heavy with water we know! reach several thousands of feqj freezing level. As far as we this is the basic requirement, s rain-making in Central Ati without this cloud formation w? out of the question." Tests So far, have involveds ling quantities of dry ice into 6 of clouds and checking the res ohservation and radar. For e* periment dry ice has cost £1'0, hut the Liberator costs £400 for each flight.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5323, 8 February 1947, Page 4
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