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During this time Bill was actively involved in a number of important projects: It is 1955 and the government is concerned about nuclear tests off north-west Australia. Bill helps to establish a GL Mk 111 wind-finding radar. 1957 and Bill visits England, France, Canada and the USA to examine their met instrumentation. 1962 and he is in Japan to look at radar weather watch and windfinding equipment. In 1968 he organises met rocket comparisons for Woomera.
In between these projects Bill had time to attend several big conferences including a radar weather conference in Washington and a WMO technical conference on automatic weather stations.
Two achievements stand out in Bill's career until 1969. They were the development of radar weather-watch equipment, which enabled the Bureau to track its first cyclone in 1955–56, and the development in 1963 of TAST, a system aimed at keeping aircraft clear of turbulence associated with dangerous thunderstorms. TAST was developed after an Ansett Viscount plunged into Botany Bay.
Since 1969 he has attended as Australian delegate a number of international technical conferences and only last year went to Kuala Lumpur as consultant for WMO workshops in regions two and five. Also in 1969 Bill took three months leave and spent most of it in Uganda as a consultant on the hydro-met survey for Lake Victoria.
During his retirement Bill plans to do a lot of bowling and take a few trips, particularly to the warmer climes of Queensland. He also will continue as federal secretary of the Institute of Instrumentation and Control Australia.
We wish Bill all the best in his retirement.
People in Bright Sparcs - Brann, Harold Walter Allen Neale (Bill)
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