VH-AYK
Avro 652A Anson 1
This image was gleaned by
Wally Civitco from a Vacuum Oil Co (now Exxon Mobil) magazine,
circa 1947. The blurry extraction shows the Anson owned by C.S.
Richards of Narrandera, NSW
refueling prior to making a
'rainmaking' flight. This was one of the earliest attempts
to seed potential
clouds
with dry ice. The report does not indicate how successful the
drop was. VH-AYK, ex
MH150 was withdrawn from use in May 1951.