It
should be noted that even in the years of extreme financial
restrictions the hard pressed Rhodesian Government continued
to finance experiments like these, the same went for malaria/mosquito
control and many other lines of research.
Working in the countryside was always a dangerous occupation,
my father was driving a land rover when working on mosquito
research when the wheel of the land rover hit a mine, fortunately
the vehicle had been fitted with basic protection between the
engine and the cabin, even so the vehicle was totally destroyed,
the engine went one way, the two occupants were thrown out of
the land rover surviving with minor injuries. The contrast with
Zimbabwe today is that no research or control is carried out
at all, malaria and other diseases have re-infected the bush
areas which had been cleared of these problems, drought continues
to be a major problem some years which could be helped with
the cloud seeding. Added to the Zimbabwe Government policies
up to 7 million Zimbabweans are starving in 2003. The
Rhodesian Air Force also operated a modified Douglas C47 Dakota,
look in the Military Aviation section for further details.
Working in the countryside was always a dangerous occupation,
my father was driving a land rover when working on mosquito
research when the wheel of the land rover hit a mine, fortunately
the vehicle had been fitted with basic protection between the
engine and the cabin, even so the vehicle was totally destroyed,
the engine went one way, the two occupants were thrown out of
the land rover surviving with minor injuries. The contrast with
Zimbabwe today is that no research or control is carried out
at all, malaria and other diseases have re-infected the bush
areas which had been cleared of these problems, drought continues
to be a major problem some years which could be helped with
the cloud seeding. Added to the Zimbabwe Government policies
up to 7 million Zimbabweans are starving in 2003. The
Rhodesian Air Force also operated a modified Douglas C47 Dakota,
look in the Military Aviation section for further details.