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  • Douglas AC-47 Spooky
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  • The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. More firepower than could be provided by Light and medium ground-attack aircraft was thought to be needed in some situations when ground forces called for close air support.
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loaded weight main
  • 33000.0
Guns
  • ** 3× 7.62 mm General Electric GAU-2/M134 miniguns, 2,000 rpm or ** 10× .30 in Browning AN/M2 machine guns * 48 × Mk 24 flares
climb rate main
  • ft/min
number of props
  • 2
length alt
  • 19.6 m
span main
  • 2895.6
power/mass alt
  • 240
Status
  • In service in Colombia
cruise speed main
  • 150.0
cruise speed alt
  • 175
height alt
  • 5.2 m
Introduced
  • 1965
primary user
Type
  • Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship
type of prop
  • radial engines
loading main
  • 33.400000
range alt
  • 2175
length main
  • 1963.42
power alt
  • 895.0
area main
  • 987.0
power main
  • 1200.0
height main
  • 515.62
span alt
  • 28.9 m
range main
  • 1890.0
Manufacturer
  • Douglas Aircraft Company
max speed main
  • 200.0
engine (prop)
  • Pratt & Whitney R-1830
power/mass main
  • 0.150000
climb rate alt
  • m/s
ceiling main
  • 24450.0
empty weight main
  • 18080.0
loaded weight alt
  • 14900.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 91.7
more users
max speed alt
  • 230
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 162.500000
empty weight alt
  • 8200.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,450 m
Crew
  • 8
Number Built
  • 53
abstract
  • The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. More firepower than could be provided by Light and medium ground-attack aircraft was thought to be needed in some situations when ground forces called for close air support.
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