Cloud seeding aircraft at Al Ain

[Guru8904]

There are a few cloud seeding aircraft operating from Al Ain these days. I require info about the company including contact, terms and conditions etc. Thanks in advance.

[wingisland]

What sort of aircraft is it? I'm just planning a move to Al Ain and sounds interesting

[White Knight]

Sounds interesting - I used to do this years ago in deepest Africa and loved the flying.. Make sure they pay you danger money if you have to get too close to the big ugly clouds

[halas]

Don't you need clouds ?

halas

[Guru8904]

wingisland,

These are two King Air 200s but I still don't have any info about their contact nos.

[wingisland]

I did a bit of reaserch and all I can discover is they actually belong to a South African company, could be a cool job though

[John Miller]

Run by Orsmond Aviation in Bethlehem, South Africa. I understand the UAE department of weather (not sure of its official name) will be taking it over soon if they haven't already done so.

[wizbang123]

operation is based in Al Ain. i think they have 2 C-90, not B-200. Run by NCMS.
Job description. Meteoroligist see clouds with vertical development on Titan radar, send pilots to location, fly around seeding clouds neg 5 to neg 10 degrees, top seeding with Silver iodide, above 0 degrees hygroscopic base seeding. return to base.
Being a cloud seeding pilot in the middle east is like being a doctor in a town of very healthy people (not a lot of work).
pay is pretty good

[Guru8904]

Cloud seeding aircraft

Wizbang123

Check your PMs.