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1LT Basilio B Fernando made the first design. It was applied on Stearman 73L-3 primary trainer plane number 36-2, the first aircraft of the Philippine Army Air Corps to take to the air. The aircraft was test-flown by 1Lt William Lee over Zablan field on 2 May 1936, ushering the rebirth of military aviation in the country. Fernando's design was simple blue diamond framed by a white lozenge. There were no borders; the contrast of color was all that separated the inner and outer diamond even as it outlined the whole design against the camouflaged paint scheme of the PAAC aircraft. This insignia was applied on aircraft rudder and on four wing stations (upper and lower). Fernando's design immortalized the genesis of aviation in the Philippines, for its diamond configuration was derived from the insignia of the Signal Corps, the first military arm in the islands to experiment in flying aircraft. The insignia thus covered the history of military aviation all the way back to the pioneering days of 1LT Frank P Lahm Jr.