Summary

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Specification

Source: Civil Aviation Rules Part 19 archive copy at the Wayback Machine (PDF) Appendix A, page 35, 25 November 2004, retreived 1 January 2006.

Appendix A — Civil Air Ensign The Ensign shall comprise upon a field of light blue, a dark-blue latin cross, in breadth eight-sixtieths of the hoist of the ensign, bordered by a white band two-sixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign; in the first canton the Union Flag; and in the fourth canton the Southern Cross of four five-pointed stars coloured red.

The centres of the stars forming the long limb of the cross shall be on a vertical line through the centre of the fourth canton and equidistant from its upper and lower edges, and the distance apart of the centres of the stars shall be sixteen-sixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign.

The centres of the stars forming the short limb of the cross shall be on a line intersecting the vertical limb at an angle of 82 degrees therewith and rising from near the lower inner corner of the canton towards the upper and outer corner, its point of intersection with the vertical line being distant from the centre of the uppermost star of the cross, five and one-half sixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign. The distance of the centre of the star nearest the outer edge of the canton from the point of intersection shall be equal to fivesixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign, and the distance of the centre of the star nearest the inner edge of the canton from the point of intersection shall be equal to five and one-half sixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign.

The star nearest the outer edge of the canton shall measure three and onehalf sixtieths, the stars at the top and bottom of the cross and that nearest the inner edge of the canton shall each measure four-sixtieths of the hoist of the Ensign across their respective points.

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