The a/c BTW that Susanna refers to is the AC-47D "Spooky" that was a CAS a/c in Vietnam. It was a mod of the C-47 Skytrian with 3x 7.62mm miniguns all on the left-side of the a/c for aerial fire support. The first a/c were FC-47s under the radio call sign "Puff" a...
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGONUsing side-firing weapons on aircraft can be traced back to 1927, when a concept was demonstrated by fixing a .30 caliber machine gun to the side of a biplane and flying a simple manoeuvre known as a pylon turn. Named after the air racing term, it involved ...