The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant preparing to release a weather balloon which will be observed and tracked to calculate wind direction and velocity.
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant about to release a meteorological balloon from the Meteorological Section at RAAF Base Laverton. The balloon's flight will be followed throu
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A meteorological balloon just after release by a WAAAF Meteorological Assistant from the roof of the Meteorological Section. The balloon's flight will be followed through a
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants filling a weather balloon from a hydrogen gas cylinder. These balloons are released at regular intervals and observed in flight to compute wi
A WAAAF meteorological assistant about to release a pilot weather balloon from the Meteorological Section, after which she will monitor the balloon's flight through a theodolite to ascertain wind dire
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants of the Meteorological Section at RAAF Base Laverton release a meteorological balloon. The one on the left followed the flight of the balloon
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944.12. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant of the Meteorological at RAAF Base Laverton, using the recorded details of the flight of a meteorological balloon to compute wind direction
