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Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca

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Aircraft Marking


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

Previous Roundel


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


Fin Flash


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