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Obsolete (?)
by Zeljko Heimer, 1 june 2001
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From Album 2000 [pay00] -
Aircraft Marking - Roundel of blue-white-red with diameters
approximately 42:25:15. In the blue stripe is inscribed in white
letters MINISTERIO DE SEGURIDAD PU'BLICA in upper arc and
SECCIO'N AERE'A on lower arc.
Zeljko Heimer, 1 june 2001 and Santiago Dotor,
4 june 2001
The image in [cos98] shows
"GMNMMVMMMIPB HINGGGG NHHIPNNNGNNNUA" in the upper arc,
and "GMIPB HINGGGG" upside down in the upper arc!
(although it's hardly readable without a magnifying glass).
Mark Sensen, 4 june 2001
The last word is AE'REA (AÉREA) not AERE'A
(AERÉA).
Santiago Dotor, 5 june 2001
The Album 2000 is clear here having the acute over the last E.
The corr. 30 to previous issue has it too.
Zeljko Heimer, 5 june 2001
I checked my source, Australian Airforce website, it wrongly
puts AERE'A.
Armand du Payrat (author of [pay00]
), 5 june 2001
Fuerza Aérea Militar were formed in 1948 and lasted only less
then a year. Its roundel is 1948-1949 Roundel.
plate at <www.skytamer.com>.
Aeroflight
report: "The first national marking used was a roundel based
on the pre-WW2 United States insignia, with the colours reversed.
This marking was carried on the fuselage sides and on the
starboard upper and port lower wings. There was no tail
insignia."
Next step was forming Fuerza Aérea Costarricense in 1955. This
time there were only national colors stripes on wings, fusalage
and rudder. Plate at <www.skytamer.com>.
Aeroflight
report: "1955-1974 - After the air force was revived in
1955, the aircraft were marked with an elongated version of the
national flag on the fuselage and on the port upper and starboard
lower wings. Stripes in the national colours were also displayed
on the rudder."
However, Insignia
show it more like a bar and report that: "The Costa Rican
national colours on the rudder are horizontal bars of (from top)
Blue, White, Red, White and Blue. National markings appear to be
partly based on the USAF roundel, in Red, White and Blue, and
appear on the upper port and lower starboard wings as well as
both fuselage sides."
In 1964 the air force was replaced by Seccion Aérea del
Ministerio de Seguridad Publica. It was followed in 1974 with a
new roundel (used also as fin flash) as seen in above. See plate
at <www.skytamer.com>
Aeroflight
report: "In the 1970s a new blue/white/red roundel was
introduced, having very similar proportions to the marking used
by the Royal Air Force. The inscription 'MINISTERIO DE SEGURIDAD
PUBLICA SECCION AEREA', was featured in white on the outer blue
ring. This marking was displayed on the tailfin and above and
below each wing. No fuselage insignia was displayed."
Aeroflight
keep reporting: "199?-Present - In the 1990s, the national
insignia reverted back to stripes in the national colours. This
either took the form of continuous stripes along the fuselage
side and chordwise stripes around the outer wings, or as a
version of the of the national flag on the tailfin or fuselage.
The style of markings on the wings is not known. Usually the
inscription "FUERZA PUBLICA" is written on the fuselage
sides."
Scramble show the
roundel asabove but there are two photos in this website that
indeed show only "national" stripes on fusalage and
wingtips (and also small flag on fin). No roundel seen, only an
emblem of some kind. It also said that the name is now
"Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea - Fuerza Publica".
Indeed, there is no "Ministerio de Seguridad Pública"
anymore but Ministerio de Gobernación y Policía. Seems that the
roundel is now out of use.
Dov Gutterman, 15 June 2004
by Ferenc Gy. Valoczy, 2 July 2003