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Honduras aircraft marking are the same at [cos98], [whe86]
(which show image with 5 stars but the text reffer to one star)
and Jane's 1945: blue-white-blue stripes with one blue 5 points
star on the white, which carried on the wing-tips and rudder
(horizontaly).
Fuerza Aérea Hondurena was formed in 1933 as Aviacion Militar
Hondurena and use those marking since 1936. It got its current
name in 1954?
From <www.scramble.nl>
it seems that nowadays the wing-tips markings are gone and the
rudder stripes were converted to Fin Flash.
See also some images of the "rudder-stripes" era at
<www.acig.org/fah_f-4u-5>,
<www.acig.org/fas_corsair>
, <www.acig.org/fah_t-28d>,
<www.airliners.net/209867.
The fin flash is made of three stripes without the star as seen
at: <www.airliners.net/357010>.
Dov Gutterman, 17 June 2004
by Zeljko Heimer, 1 November 2001
According to Wheeler's book Fuerza Ae'rea Hondurena uses
national flag (but in ~11:14) as fin flash and vertical square
variant as its roundel
Dov Gutterman, 11 October 1999
According to a photo of Jane's Weekly 07.01.98, confirming with Cochrane book, the only aircraft marking is a rectangular horizontal triband b
