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by Zeljko Heimer, 22 October 2001
According to Album 2000 [pay00]
- Aircraft Marking - Blue roundel with white five-pointed star
throughout with blue disk inscribed. Civil flag is painted on the
fin, it is noted.
Zeljko Heimer, 22 October 2001
by Zeljko Heimer, 22 October 2001
Military Aircraft Insignia of the World [cos98] gives such roundel for period
of 1923-1939 and 1947 onward, with some variations in the shades
of blue. During the interim period similar roundel was used, but
the star was sixpointed - with inner disk retaining its size,
i.e. not touching the inner points of the hexagram. Heraldy would
call that a mullet pierced.
Zeljko Heimer, 22 October 2001
Please note that any star (star polygon) in English heraldry
is "a mullet". The star on the first roundel would be
"a mullet pierced", that on the second roundel
(six-pointed one) would be "a mullet of six points
pierced". In French heraldry, however, the first one would
be an "molette a 5 raies" and the second a
"molette".
Santiago Dotor, 23 October 2001
Recently I was looking through a book that includes a section
on world airforces. The book is about WWII. Guatelemalan marking
is an azure circle with a Star of David inside which contains a
hole taking up most of the star's centre.
Rudi Roo, 17 April 2002
The first roundel (which is also the current rounde) can be
seen at <www.skytamer.com/guatemala/02.htm>,
The 1939-1947 roundel as in <www.skytamer.com/guatemala/03.htm>
appear also in Jan'es 1945 (with inner disc bigger then in the
image as reported above).
The Fin Flash (should be rudder stripes) is
based on [whe86]).
To day, many planes don't use this roundel. Fuerza Aérea
Guatemalteca (est. 15 Sept. 1921) used all kind of blue and white
(and soetimes also black) finish (sometimes even with rudder
stripes) but with no roundel. See <www.scramble.nl> and
<www.airliners.net/303064>.
Here is photos of planes using the roundel: in its glory: <www.hornstra.demon.nl/PC7>
, <www.hornstra.demon.nl/UH1>
and <www.hornstra.demon.nl/Pa31>.
On some planes only small fin flah is used again with no roundel:
<www.hornstra.demon.nl/PC7-2>
and <www.hornstra.demon.nl/IAI201>.
Dov Gutterman, 17 June 2004
by Dov Gutterman and Jorge Candeias, 9 October
1999
Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca uses almost square civil flag as a
fin flash.
Dov Gutterman , 9 October 1999
