by Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001
Last modified: 2004-07-03 by dov gutterman
Keywords: belize | air force | roundel | fin flash |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
See also:
The Belize Defence Force Air Wing was formed in 1983 and based
at Belize City.
Album 2000 [pay00] reports about
a roundel as rectangular "Roundel" in
ratio apparently 2:3, based on the nationa flag design, but with
red stripes noticably whider (each being about 1/5 of the height)
and the white disk being without Coat of Arms and an odd Fin Flash with the Union Jack. Military Aircraft
Insignia of the World [cos98]
reports the national flag as roundel and fin flash (see <wwwskytamer.com>).
Aeroflight (<www.aeroflight.co.uk>)
follow [cos98] and report the
marking as of "1983-Present".
Photos of BDF planes at <www.scramble.nl>
show no roundel (maybe under the wings?) but show clearly a
national flag as fin flash.
Dov Gutterman, 12 june 2004
by Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001
According to 'Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives' [pay00], the aircraft
"roundel" (it's rectngular here) is in approximation
equal to the "roundel" used by Lao aircrafts (page LA
1.1, that is is equal to Lao national flag). The difference is
only in colour shade of blue (which is given as approximation in
both cases, and both are quite similar dark blue shades) and in
minor details of construction (width of stripes and size of disk
is different but not to "significant" amount. Belize
aircrafts have, of course, on a fin flash the same
"roundel" defaced with large Union Jack, and Lao
aircrafts presumably have it not (wheather they have anything
else, it is not noted). In few words, Belize uses Lao flag for
its roundel.
Zeljko Heimer, 9 January 2001
Aircraft Marking - Rectangular "roundel" in ratio
apparently 2:3, based on the nationa flag design, but with red
stripes noticably whider (each being about 1/5 of the height) and
the white disk being without CoA. In effect, it looks very much
flag the flag of Laos, and as I pointed out earlier, appart from
slightly darker shade of Lao blue, equal to the Aircraft marking
of Laos.
Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001
by Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001
Fin Flash Marking.- The fin flash marking is similar to
aircraft marking above with th Union Jack set over it, so that it
height is equal to the height of the blue field (thus in effect
covering the white disk of the aircraft marking). The different
shade of the Belizean blue from the Union Jack blue is clearly
visible in Album image (and in mine even more so), but in
reallity I doubt that any difference could be observed.
Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001
[cos98]