The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding.
Key points
- The experiment was conducted with due approval from the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation).
- The test flight went up to an approximate height of 5000 ft.
- The short flight took off and came back to the IIT Kanpur Flight Lab airstrip, after successfully completing the test ride.
- Cloud seeding involves the utilization of various chemical agents such as silver iodide, dry ice, common salt, and other elements with the aim of enhancing the probability of precipitation.
- In the experiment undertaken by IIT Kanpur, a Cessna aircraft was flown from the Flight Laboratory of IIT Kanpur with cloud seeding attachments.
- These attachments were procured from a manufacturer in the US and the modifications in the aircraft were approved both by the manufacturers of Cessna and DGCA.
- The test flight spread the agents using a flare as is standard practice.
