07/08/10

A somewhat rare visitor arrived at Mildenhall late on the 5th August as RCH1005 having been delayed and diverting into Aviano in Italy, I missed the aircraft in some very nice late afternoon light.

On the 6th August she had an inboard propeller replaced and a subsequent engine run on HS44 indicated a possible early departure the following day.

Having arrived in near perfect light her departure was in more gloomy conditions.

AC-130U Spooky II Armament

* 1x 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barrel GAU-12/U Equalizer Gatling gun - Front

* 1x 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon - Middle

* 1x 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer - Back

Forgive the amount of images but as a rare visitor I got a bit trigger happy

89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U
89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U
89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U
89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U	89-0513 AC-130U

Macks Aviation's written and photographic work is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced or distributed in any form without express written permission.
If you would like to discuss using any of our imagery or feature content please contact us. aviation@macksaviation.com