Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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Fin flash of Força Aérea Portuguesa is as
the general layout of the national flag without
the coat of arms.
Dov Gutterman, 13 Oct 1999
The current fin flash was adopted in 1952.
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
Passenger airliners has it also painted on the fuselage. The green part
faces the nose, on both sides of the plane.
António Martins, 06 Jul 1998 and 23 Feb 2002
It was later changed to national
flag as fin flash (ex.:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9376/airacobra.htm).
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
The 1916 marking included rudder insignia made of
green-red stripes (1:1) charged with the arms (ex.:
http://www.emfa.pt/galeria/Antigos/1921-1930/1924vickers-valparaiso-i/1924vickers-valparaiso-i-01z.jpg).
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
[cos98] reports a
vertical green-red-green marking as rudder stripes
(see contemporary roundel).
I could’t find any, and planes in the air museum from this era
carry no markings or the 1916 markings.
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
The Portuguese Air Force roundel, based on the
Order of Christ cross, widely used on portuguese
ships since the 15th century.
António Martins, 06 Jul 1998
The Portuguese Air Force aircrafts show the cross sometimes a plain white roundel, other times with a green ring around it: See, at the FAP website, this plane with it, though