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<br />) <br /> <br />for hail was in most cases started before hail existed in the <br /> <br /> <br />cloud. Those clouds that were hailing before they entered the <br /> <br /> <br />area were treated, however; they continued until new cloud cells <br /> <br /> <br />formed. <br /> <br />D. <br /> <br />Seeding Materials <br /> <br />Ejcctab1~ pyrotechnic cartridges were used by the c1oud- <br /> <br />top seeders. The Piper Navajo was equipped with two "Lambert" <br /> <br />type 52-position racks which used the 37mm Navy WMU-1 and 20gm <br /> <br />NEI Ejectab1e Cartridges. <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br />The Aztec seeder aircraft was equipped with a Lambert <br /> <br /> <br />type 52-position rack which was used to dispense 37mm Navy WMU-1 <br /> <br /> <br />ejectab1e cartridges. It is of interest to point out that there <br /> <br /> <br />were no firing failures in the entire lot of WMU-1 cartridges <br /> <br /> <br />purchased from the Navy Weapons Center. The Lambert racks from <br /> <br /> <br />the Navy provided a perfect match with droppab1e cartridges. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The cloud-base seeder aircraft was equipped with 2 wlng <br /> <br /> <br />mounted "Carley" type Airborne Liquid Fuel Generators, for below <br /> <br /> <br />cloud-base modification. Silver iodide was dispensed at the rate <br /> <br /> <br />of 3gm/min per generator. <br /> <br />- 21 - <br />