famous gunship airplanes like the Douglas AC-47 ("Spooky" a.k.a. " Puff the Magic Dragon ", converted Douglas C-47s ), AC-119 Gunship ("Shadow" and "Stinger", converted Fairchild " Flying Boxcars "), and the original AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship (converted C-130 Hercules cargo planes), the H-53 ( MH-53 Pave Low ), and the common