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                                        MH150 was withdrawn from use in May 1951.