This one is about the AC-47 "Spooky" gunship (aka Puff the Magic Dragon) that fought in Vietnam. The cargo plane was converted for a little over $4 million each and mounted 3x GE SUU-11/A Mini-guns on the port side (2x rear windows and 1x rear cargo door). The gunners would ...
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 ...