AC-47/ACH-47A

M1A1

Hello,

I would first off like to thank every one who served in Viet Nam. I was woundering if any one had any stories about the AC-47's or the ACH-47A's? Thank you very much!


M1A1[:)]

"Puff The Magic Dragon"

Ray B

I was with B/1/5 out in the sands near Hoi An and I hear what sounded like someone running a chainsaw wide open. I'm looking around at the brush, none of which is thicker than 1" in diameter, and I'm thinking to myself "who's running a chainsaw around here?" then I saw the stream of tracers and figured it out. Fortunately I hadn't asked anyone.[:)]

M1A1

Thanks for the story!


M1A1

hedgehopper62

I have some still photo's of the AC-47 firing at night somewhere in my old storage.we had 2 puff's asigned to bien tuey,i had worked on them sometimes.i was assigned to the O1E.s but worked on all birds.the photos were taken from rooftop in canto.tks. hedge[:D]66-67

M1A1

COOL! Thanks for the info! Thats pretty neat, from your point of view did they seem like reliable planes?

hedgehopper62

One of the most reiable planes, made first was around 1934 was the old DC3 or gooney bird as us oldtimers called them.i have worked on them since 1955.not much change better brakes and engines.tks hedge[:D]

bobski

last i heard about 1,400 still existed worldwide.
they still fly.
made many a jump out of them. nice door to exit. no bending over.