Chinooks are the workhorse of the US Army, and used to perform water landings in order to extract Special Forces. But why these helicopters don’t land on water anymore, and what technique has replaced this capability, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs00:00 How a Helicopter Landing on Water Impressed a Princess01:17 CH-47’s Chinooks were Designed to Land on Water from Start02:37 What is the Now Forbidden Delta Queen maneuver?05:22 Why Chinooks don’t land on water anymore?06:57 Helo-casting is an alternative to water landing08:00 What does Helo-casting has to do with Ducks?09:23 How do you extract Special Forces without landing on water?10:57 Why the US Coast Guard doesn’t land in water anymore12:20 Landing on water is Risky