Douglas AC-47 Spooky
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Oct 27, 2026
Andy PerryGUEST
And then mid-level, you've got Snoopy.
Andy PerryGUEST
C-47s that are armed and most people have heard about Snoopy and Puff the Magic Dragon was another one of their call signs Puff they could lay down a serious amount of... 50,000 feet, that is a...
Andy PerryGUEST
Well, you know, and they just...
Andy PerryGUEST
Because a semi can only...
Philip ThompsonHOST
One gunship would fly low and play the tape, deliberately provoking hidden Vietcong positions into opening fire and giving away their location.
Philip ThompsonHOST
A second heavily armed gunship, sometimes a blacked out AC-47 nicknamed Spooky, would then move in on the exposed position and engage it.
Philip ThompsonHOST
The tape was, at that point, functioning less as psychological warfare and more as plain and simple bait.
Philip ThompsonHOST
Ghost tape number 10 is the only surviving recording, but as mentioned it wasn't the only one and there are some interesting accounts of certain others.
JasonHOST
Bonus question number five.
JasonHOST
One of my variants, the AC-47 Spooky, was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the UAS during the Vietnam War.
JasonHOST
What was my nickname? I would have gotten this one, too.
MartyGUEST
Did you say it was Spooky?
Mikey McBryanGUEST
And, and flying myself, I, uh, my log book, I know it's probably 10 or 11 years old flying DC three, which is pretty, that's that airplane up there.
Mikey McBryanGUEST
That's an AC47, but same type of model.
Mikey McBryanGUEST
Yeah, ever since I was a little kid.
Mikey McBryanGUEST
Couldn't see over the dash.