Chinook helicopter makes daring rescue on Mt. Hood

[@dallasyap3064]

That's very impressive skill the pilots got there. When in times of need, the military still there. Thank you to those who helped with the rescue.

[@sushilsapkota4117]

Insurance company: "YOU GOT RESCUED BY A WHAAATT...."

[@uav123guy]

Dude got hit with the entire military budget as a medical bill.

[@acronviper3145]

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[@sushilsapkota4117]

@@acronviper3145 What in the name of gods green penis is this?

[@papillon3986]

Thanks for the laugh 😂 HAHAHAHH

[@slimslamma3679]

You got jokes bro 😎

[@korpakukac]

He's gonna climb right back up when he sees the rescue bill

[@Nik-lf4rw]

@super spade angry booma

[@pokemonsf]

@super spade what did i just read lmao

[@WW5RM]

@@desmond-hawkins what vehicle you have that requires you to turn the key to honk the horn? All ive ever seen work without keys.

[@desmond-hawkins]

@@WW5RM I was trying to decipher the above comment by "super spade" above about honk keys, which I agree would be very inconvenient.

[@WW5RM]

@@desmond-hawkins yeah I don't think he even knows what he is talking about. LOL

[@geraldbalciarjr651]

Amazing Pilot.

[@jcm4377]

Gerald Balciar Jr not really, it's only a matter of let rolling his steel balls to the back of the helicopter and bingo.. You'll have a perfect balanced chopper!! 😁

[@miked815]

I've heard the chinook auto hovers itself like this. Pilot is probably very good no doubt, but I don't think hes in total control when hovering like this, the auto pilot takes over.

[@MrCoolguy425]

miked815 wind conditions are also favorable it looks so all he needed to do was set the rear down on the top and good to go

[@Almost_Blue_]

@@MrCoolguy425 Nah, mate. There's some great tech on this helicopter, but having absolute control of the helicopter in an attitude like that isn't easy, especially at 11,000ft. I don't know what you could mean about favorable winds? That close to a peak isn't going to be an enjoyable wind condition.

[@RobRamirez456]

@@miked815 yup that's actually it

[@livelurked4103]

Those guys must be Afghan vets with mountain flying skills.

[@c431inf]

live lurked yupper

[@julienmorin7533]

Yea for sure

[@rootbeer9908]

Dylon Jackson nation guard gets deployed too 😂

[@28ebdh3udnav]

@Dylon Jackson Some units do get deployed. My friend's unit, he was in the Texas National Guard got deployed to Germany according to him. He was never deployed cause of a injury that happened in the service.

[@mrcreami]

@Dylon Jackson most Guard are prior active

[@mokokoco4720]

This is why the chinook is the helicopter made for things like this. Such an iconic image

[@dallasyap3064]

Yes this is one of the things

[@paddor]

It’s really not. The chinook is made for heavy lifting, not for alpine rescue missions. Check out EC145. It’s made for things like this and is in use all around the globe.

[@herpbrine6984]

I like the tier 5 Special Poperations more than the tier 4 support chinook -Bloons tower defense 6

[@-108-]

Actually, it is BECAUSE the Chinook is made for things like this. ;-)

[@UAMAK777]

Wow! That pilot is amazing!

[@UAMAK777]

Adi Krieg Lol 🙂

[@russpiano3917]

UAMAK777 Not just the pilot but the whole crew helped out.

[@Bankable2790]

@Youric Hunt 😂

[@slimslamma3679]

Been there done that 🤫

[@dasboot9471]

Two pilots and at least two Non-rated crewmembers who are giving commands to the pilot to land it like that...the pilot can’t see shit....major crew effort.

[@tappedout300xc]

That pilot was amazing to hold that twin rotor so damn rock solid like that. Dudes a bad ass.

[@dasboot9471]

Yeah, he wiggles the sticks with the best of the chimps.

[@Ldawg42069]

@@dasboot9471 okay so you could do it too??

[@wrixle]

Pro pilot. Well done those men 👏

[@jamesdick2580]

and to think that there are people who cant even park between the lines in a parking lot. this pilot sets the rear end of a Chinook on the mountain, and Black Hawk pilots literaly touching one wheel on the edge of a mountain.

[@dallasyap3064]

@@jamesdick2580 yup

[@dasboot9471]

Pro crew, not just a pilot making that landing happen.

[@NSixtyFour]

"Thank god you guys came" -Heres the bill- "Just kill me"

[@ChuckBeefOG]

I cant imagine. A coworker had a camper trailer light on fire at his house, one FD truck came and they tried to charge him $5,000

[@kiDkiDkiD12]

@@ChuckBeefOG WTF are talking about? They don't charge for fire service you idiot. Tell your friend he got ripped off by a scam artist lol

[@ChuckBeefOG]

kiDkiDkiD12 Your name explains a lot. It wasnt the volunteer FD that billed him it was the government for the water bombers.

[@lynncraig6151]

@ NSixtyFour LOL🤣

[@reinhart482]

@@ChuckBeefOG The fuel bill alone for a water bomber would be over $1000.

[@southwestxnorthwest]

This is UNBELIEVABLE! I've flown in a Chinook when I was in the military and the pilot did something similar to this in the Columbia River, but seeing this done in a real situation is something else. No doubt that he received a medal for that!

[@stevenbernard969]

Super men man. God bless you...

[@laymansview5246]

It was no great feat. Every helicopter pilot practices pinnacle landings. What they do is hover and put their faith in the guy in the back telling them which way to move, left, right, forwards, backwards, up and down.

[@philgiglio7922]

The Chinook is capable of landing on water. I think they basically hover with the deck @ water level

[@southwestxnorthwest]

@Phil Giglio the pilots did that when I flew in these during training missions over the Columbia River near Yakima Training Center. They can't land in the water, but they can hover and dip the tail ramp down

[@southwestxnorthwest]

​@Laymans View at that altitude it is no small task. I'm well aware of what the Chinook is capable of but if you recall the Blackhawk incident on Mt Hood in 2002, you'll understand why I said that.

[@wynwilliams6977]

FYI He was a vet suffering from PTSD

[@outthasky]

Wyn Williams surprised few noticed what he was wearing as he was being loaded. First thing I thought was the case. Hope he found help

[@wynwilliams6977]

Yep, people use their eyes but fail to see...

[@vee2easy]

Wyn Williams hope he’s doing better now

[@nomad4k]

It’s sad how we treat our soldiers

[@wynwilliams6977]

@@nomad4k It is

[@mustangmusic878]

How much park skills u got? Pilot: *yes*

[@BeardsleyMark]

You can see several of the rescue team actually getting down to crawl under the rotor from 0:10 to 0:20. That is amazing. Both the rescue team and the pilot are simply phenomenal at their jobs!

[@stevenbernard969]

Super men man. God bless you...$$$

[@official_alphabet_inc]

At 1:15, it's actually possible to see this. According to a Chinook pilot, this maneuver is pretty easy though.

[@johndough8199]

@alphabetinc.9079 This is one of the hardest maneuvers you can do with a Chinook, or any helicopter for that matter. There was never a Chinook pilot, was there? ...

[@official_alphabet_inc]

@@johndough8199 Yeah, there were, but whatever. Different people, different opinions. I'm certainly no pilot of any kind, so I won't bother discussing this further.

[@gamingnerdgirlz]

01:51 He did say that.

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

That’s insane, a person going through that much and trying to find an answer. Not sure how I feel about that approach, but it shows that we all go through a lot of insanity that we try to cope with.

[@parcos79]

THAT'S ONE HELLUVA EXPENSIVE AIR AMBULANCE BILL

[@WrongEnd]

You pay for being rescued ?

[@silentkillermd]

@@WrongEnd yup! And 911 is not free....

[@WrongEnd]

@@silentkillermd lol wtf, never knew this

[@WootTootZoot]

Nope, in Oregon the ANG is what we pay taxes for. You can't be charged more than $400, and most of the time they don't even bother to send a bill.

[@WootTootZoot]

@@WrongEnd You can get insurance for about $150 a year that will cover Paramedics and ambulance calls.

[@HaasGrotesk]

The guy that wanted to kill himself is going to kill himself when he sees the bill for that little helicopter trip.

[@sqlevolicious]

Good, he put unnecessary innocent lives at risk just becasue he has no care for his own life. Fuck him.

[@josefarias111]

I doubt it since rescues in most countries are free. The cost in the united states is absorbed by taxpayer money :/

[@torbenhansen8539]

kill him

[@Stefan-st]

josefarias111 The government pays in the US?! First thing ever that you have to pay in Europe but not in the US.

[@josefarias111]

@@Stefan-st Really you have to pay for it in Europe?! That's actually insane, i mean part of the reason why taxpayer money pays for it in the US is it costing $$ vs being free makes the difference between a stranded/injured hiker choosing not to call for help until conditions are severe. Like imagine being stuck on a cliff with like a broken leg, you'll likely just try and wait it out if you know it's going to cost several thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, and ultimately end up calling only when conditions are so bad you get desperate and decide that you'd rather have a huge bill than be dead.

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

Reminds me of early 2000, around second grade for me, my friend’s father was flying a SAR mission and rolled on Mt. Hood. I was young and didn’t realize the impact it had, but it was serious. And thankfully no one was terribly injured, just allows me to see now that it was a heroic and brave action for the rescue party to put their lives at risk.

[@stevenbernard969]

God 👀 the true hero's of the world. Men and Women of super will power...$$$

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

@Ewoks A Lot oh my god!! Thank you. So much nostalgia but it’s still sad. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt! Such a crazy accident!! I remember seeing the clip afterwards but to watch it live would have been really crazy!

[@philgiglio7922]

First thing I thought of, I remember that quite well

[@KandiMan]

Probably saw how beautiful it is up there and decided to live. The view south to Mt. Jefferson is impossibly pretty.

[@Jen-lc5yc]

I hope that is it. 🙏

[@gordondunn3694]

Now that Is a very skilled pilot they don’t spend all that money on you to train you for no reason

[@jamesdick2580]

and to think that there are people who cant even park between the lines in a parking lot. this pilot sets the rear end of a Chinook on the mountain, and Black Hawk pilots literaly touching one wheel on the edge of a mountain.

[@joekerr4273]

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[@Xackory]

@@jamesdick2580 you’re comparing a helicopter pilot with much training to a driving license :/

[@jamesdick2580]

@@Xackory the point is, thos ppeople who cant even park correctly in a parking lot...i''d hate to see those people with pilot's licences.

[@joelangley7974]

What a fantastic pilot, even the landing at the end was so smooth

[@patrickdialimas2612]

There's nowhere safe to land, Pilot " hang on let me try what I did in call of Duty "

[@MattII33]

More like Battlefield but yeah

[@Cryptonomous]

@@MattII33 i spoke ur comment as i clicked on _read more_

[@iiyyxxnn]

In Afghanistan*

[@larrysong953]

All Navy SEALS have faith in those pilots and often appraised their amazing skills. Military pilots 👏👏👏😎

[@CarloSproule]

Larry Song Sir, those were Air Force Para-Rescue. Simply known as PJ's. You can see the patch on his shirt. Their motto, ...these things we do so that others may live.

[@twoheadedboypt2]

Pjs still need pilots....

[@charlesfields8715]

The instructors that trained those pilots have to be so extremely proud.

[@shamskl3245]

Chinooks life safer every where 2 times they safe my life in Afghanistan witch I owe them whole my life Thanks captain Mathew I really missing you God bless

[@anatmoolmuang7965]

This is the example where skills meet technology to perform miracle. Outstanding! Magnificent!

[@rattler8041]

It's the only aircraft in the world that's capable of having a mid-air collision with itself.

[@JETZcorp]

Kamov helicopters with contra-rotating rotors can do that too. Leading and trailing blades are on opposite sides so they tend to make a big V and at a certain speed (well above the published safe limit) they could come together.

[@MrNewAmerican]

That pilot is a hero

[@MZ-bl6wg]

The pilot and crew are legends man! Rescuers too! Those CH47 pilots are amazing!!! To the man, take it a day at a time! I’m going through it as well and ya just gotta hang in there, fight! Life is worth it!

[@kzsposeidon3121]

Got rescued by a Airbus H145 from the Swiss mountain rescue once in the German/Austrian Alps. The pilots skills we're so insane, even the mountain rescue guys said they have rarely seen skills like that. Swiss are just the best mountain rescue flyers in the world

[@-108-]

Maaaad skilllllz.

[@Kevin_the_minion8]

I love when reporters act like they know what they are talking about when the reporter can’t even pronounced the name of the helicopter correctly.

[@raleighkellyc9375]

Yes ur so rite

[@icmts]

How did they mispronounce it?

[@Kevin_the_minion8]

icrymyselftosleep chinook is said shi-nook not chi-nook

[@wulf7463]

@@Kevin_the_minion8 wow amazing, thank you so much for bring this up i really don't know what I would've done without this super important information!!!!11!!

[@Yikeo]

@@wulf7463 you're a clown

[@superlifter]

marvellous manoeuvre. i've never seen a helicopter doing this before

[@chrisparker2118]

tabby meenie Its called a pinnacle landing.

[@Ravindra868]

Chinook has been doing this from ages like in Iraq Afghanistan and even in zero dark thirty

[@michaellim4165]

This is standard chinook maneuver.

[@ls7196]

this was done on a daily bases 50 years ago

[@jamesdick2580]

and to think that there are people who cant even park between the lines in a parking lot. this pilot sets the rear end of a Chinook on the mountain, and Black Hawk pilots literaly touching one wheel on the edge of a mountain.

[@grouchychappie]

That pilot needs to be in our history books

[@88997799]

Pilot has got massive skills and balls.

[@arihant5764]

Daring and brave pilot. Respects from India..

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

That pilot is superhuman. The winds up on that peak are completely unpredictable, but he found a hole. God that is something else!

[@-108-]

The winds were unusually calm that morning. That is the only reason why they did it like that.

[@joedeleon1189]

There's a video out there of an amazing French Gendarmerie Nationale helicopter mountain rescue, but I think this is at least as skilled as anything else I've ever seen and with a bigger chopper too... Good job!

[@JGizzardofOz]

Thumbs up for the pilot and crew. Billy badasses.

[@msjswapnil]

Salute to the Pilots and the crews.

[@danielmorris-l7l]

That tail gunner on the chinook knows damn well what he doing excellent job on his part, alot of people miss the fact that for large aircraft the crew are the guys that guide the helo in, and the pilots are just their hands great work from the crew there

[@4lderion]

we talk about the amazing pilot skills first, and the bills later

[@thinkagain2]

Amazing great stuff good piloting by the crew in that Chinook.

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

Chinook are not easy helicopters to fly at all. The guys that pilot these are top notch

[@OregonCrow]

You play video games all day long, what do you know about flying helicopters?

[@Kyle-pi4ec]

Kiowa pilots do it better. 😜

[@thebemokoena4223]

Legendary!! massive respect to the pilot, somebody's son thatbis so talented!

[@lonilewis1178]

Top Pilot. Nice Greetings from Germany. Stay safe.

[@dasboot9471]

Top pilot or top crew? There at least 4 people onboard making that happen.

[@profd65]

@@dasboot9471 Shut the fuck up.

[@fargo007]

God Bless all the people who made this helicopter become. You saved lives, and you keep saving them today.

[@davecrupel2817]

1:27 as expected. Look at how much collective he had to hold just to keep it level. Definitely a hard thing for helicopters to do at that altitude.

[@-108-]

At that altitude? It was only ~11k feet. They don't start running into issues until they get up around 2x that high (~20k feet).

[@davecrupel2817]

@@-108- 95% of helicopters start having a difficult time climbing well before 20,000 feet. You'll never see a helicopter up that high unless they're doing skydiving, or mountain ops like this. Even the Great and Powerful Chinook will work extra hard to perform at altitudes above 10k.

[@-108-]

@@davecrupel2817 You are misinformed and incorrect: The normal operational ceiling of the Chinook (especially when practically empty, with just a few people on board) is 20k feet. Furthermore, 95% of helicopters are not the Chinook. It was designed for ops like this. How do you think the US military ferried cargo and troops to 15k-20k+ foot mountaintops in Afghanistan for ~15 years? Someone landed a Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel at the top of Mt. Everest all the way back in 2005 - not cutting edge technology in 2024, to be sure. You may be confusing the 10k foot FAA altitude limit, for flights without supplemental oxygen, for operational ceiling, as almost all helicopters (more than 95%) are capable of flight above 10k feet.

[@davecrupel2817]

@@-108- If that's true, (and i could def be persuaded of it with the Chinook), then why did that Chinook seem to have a considerable amount of pitch on his blades, for being within normal operating altitudes?

[@-108-]

@@davecrupel2817 That would probably be a question best answered by the pilot.

[@frankmercury2833]

That pilot is a complete ledge, the chinook helicopter is ultimate

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

You mean he made the chopper to work like a ledge? Or do you mean he's a legend?

[@frankmercury2833]

Legend my man.

[@mr.techaky7655]

1:41 Woah woah wait.... That guy looks like he's wearing Desert fatigues, if I'm not mistaken, of the Marine variety.

[@THIS---GUY]

Yeah I think he was going to kill himself then had a breakdown took his meds and waited for rescue

[@rawnut77]

With a Chinook helicopter, it's an amazing rescue and more by the back. The pilot helicopter was skilled. The advantage with Chinook helicopter the blades are high. The risk is less to touch the slope. But by the back, it remains a difficult landing.

[@gw5479]

wow, that dude's rescue bill must have been STEEP. I would have just died.

[@philgiglio7922]

An absolutely incredible piece of piloting...worthy of a DFC.

[@kamrynjohnson1287]

“That man who was from (in my head Texas...)Texas” Me “of course”

[@SFbayArea94121]

The guy is a damn fool is what he is.

[@MrPrimitiveThorn]

I thought Florida, when they said Texas I wasn't shocked either.

[@frankcava8073]

Holy shit! What an amazing crew on the Chinook! I have never ever thought you could do that with such a huge aircraft.

[@dallasyap3064]

In fact I think Chinooks, along with the Sea Knights (a similar helicopter of the Marine Corps) are the only ones that can do this, bcoz they don't have vertical tail rotor at their back, only horizontal rotor which make it possible. Imagine a helicopter like Black Hawk, that has a vertical tail rotor, it won't be able to do it in such an angle.

[@that_jku7589]

Everyone is saying pro pilots these guys are literally trained to do that on a normal basis. That aircraft can fluctuate if the front or ass end is higher then the other

[@christopherdaviddvan-hilto4495]

These Rescue Crews Are True Heroes. Not Paper Ones. From Chris in Derbyshire England.

[@maldog4303]

God bless those who risk their lives to save other's 🙏

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... others* (plural not apostrophe)

[@sterling5600]

Nice pinnacle landing, this is what we trained for at Ft. Carson, did many of those back in the day.

[@brianshissler3263]

I remember in 96/97 a helicopter crashed up there. Scary stuff

[@TenderloinsToughest]

That's a REALLY skilled pilot!

[@Xtariz]

I wonder how many times they heard the "Terrain... Pull up Pull up" message

[@papillon3986]

Just disable it lol

[@anttoeknee9672]

Helicopters don't say that plus even in a plane , when the landing gear is down it expects a landing so it also doesn't say it

[@dasboot9471]

Yeah that doesn’t happen in helicopters

[@badian37]

My father was a helicopter pilot and Vietnam and he said they did this all the time and it was no big deal!

[@raleighkellyc9375]

All due respect the lone warrior.could have used this pilot

[@spaceclips5973]

you mean lone survivor?

[@koekie7003]

pretty sure they didn't have these back in hanshiro's time

[@Mrcuddlesworth_]

160th soar? That’s a bold statement and it’s not discounting this aviator in this video.

[@Big_Jake1196]

Got to respect this pilot and the rest of the crew precision at it's best

[@Navilicous]

"Tonight everyone is safe and were hearing from the ones that jumped into action" "It's a true test on you nerves and endu..TODAY THAT TEST PUSHING THE LIMITS OF BOTH MAN AND MACHINE" Like bruh let the man finish lmao

[@mrbeans2425]

These machines are amazing!!! I hope that man is doing ok and found some happiness and meaning in his life!

[@danieldiehl523]

We did this in Nam many times, without the snow Of course

[@A-FrameWedge]

When you say we did this in Nam. Are you saying as a U.S. citizen but not as a Viet Nam Vet right? Because I looked through the Army database and your name is not in there for an Army soldier or Helicopter pilot who fought in Viet Nam.

[@madpatriot4608]

That pilot deserves a standing ovation, what guts

[@dasboot9471]

What about the other three crewmembers onboard that are helping him?

[@MRblazedBEANS]

That dude that tried to kill himself is going to owe a shit ton of money now for the rescue and hospital bill. Mabye he should have finished the job....

[@user-lt7wm1hw3r]

@Dylan Peres keep crying mexican. #Trump2020BuildTheWall

[@a-hvlogs2046]

@@user-lt7wm1hw3r lmao PBS is going Gavel to Gavel and were impeaching is dumb ass! hahaha

[@user-lt7wm1hw3r]

@Dylan Peres Peres = Salty Little Mexican

[@hamnavoeper]

@@user-lt7wm1hw3r imagine being so obsessed with an orange that you call random people on the internet mexicans and assume that you're always right

[@poblo1996]

@@user-lt7wm1hw3r it's funny because the point of replacing the boarder is to stop the illegals from coming over but then dumb ass people like you make it a racist issue where you go out of your way to attack a whole race and try to deport them????? Like wtf is even going on these days..... YOU are why people hate trump because YOU make it a racial issue instead of keeping ILLEGAL shit from happening. Get your head out of your ass lmao.

[@andycontento3563]

WOW!!! That is some bloody amazing flying. Kudos. 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌

[@gmax876]

That's gonna be a pricey ambulance bill...

[@-C.S.R]

Pilot is a BADASS!!!

[@dreameroldsoul]

Nepal Everest pilots be like “First time?.. Good going kiddo”

[@godboy114]

Thank you, PJs and pilot

[@aranbarrett9543]

It's impossible to get to him in time, pilot hold my beer.

[@whatusernameisnottaken3885]

Learn how to spell

[@aranbarrett9543]

@@whatusernameisnottaken3885 predictive txt.

[@aranbarrett9543]

@@whatusernameisnottaken3885 learn how to wash your a mess

[@vodgeee]

Seriously impressive ! Kudos to the pilot !

[@dasboot9471]

4 crewmembers onboard making that happen, the pilot can’t even see what’s going on.

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

So he was going to take his own life and changed his mind. Touched by the almighty? Hopefully he's helping us do some good in the world today because we sure could use some help! Man give it up to those pilots.... never seen anything like that before. That's another sign of commitment and faith!

[@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852]

The secret is confidence. Knowing you’re THIS good.

[@OscarHernandez-js3pk]

It's about the angle of the dangle ✌🏼

[@neilpieterse9614]

I know these pilots practice this landing manuver, but man o man this take serious skill! Well done!

[@budders9958]

Holy shit 1:30, that's something out of Battlefield 3.

[@panzerchocolatka]

Respect to very professional pilot. We (soviet army) had the same rescue case in Afghanistan by the Mi-8 helicopter.

[@leonidas6134]

Reporter doesn’t know how to pronounce Chinook 🙄

[@mickfunny4185]

Leonidas chi-nook

[@kamp.4466]

@@mickfunny4185 Noooo, it's "shi-nook"

[@bongothaplant4730]

Wasn't that far off

[@cowboyanimal_1]

@@kamp.4466 Cheenook.

[@Bajr_]

Sorry to tell you mate but most news reporters don't spend their entire life playing Call of Duty

[@RandleMcMurphey]

The pilot.....is just amazing!....

[@CSJiGSaW08]

BALLS OF STEEL!!!! WOW

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

Experience and thousand of air time!

[@SEOTeamBerlin]

awesome and amazing O,O - what a great job the pilots and the rescue team did here, truely heroic people !!!

[@addictedtofamilyguy7627]

Imagine if the back rotor just killed everyone

[@lscurtis9158]

Oh that’s dark

[@addictedtofamilyguy7627]

@@lscurtis9158 I thought of it happening right before he said it

[@Stratboy999]

Some seriously excellent skills being shown, and exemplary bravery by all involved.

[@fubuh8r]

EMS “We don’t have anyone with the skills capable of landing on the side of a mountain.” US Army Aviator “Hold my Rations!”

[@peaceandlove.2932]

Incredible pilots skill on display..amazing machine as well..

[@josie4065]

“Needing rescued” just makes me cringe so much

[@naimas8120]

😂😂😂

[@nomad4k]

Whoa that takes a lot of skills !!! And practice , and balls !!

[@joenodden]

Daaang that's hard with a normal heli let alone a more difficult to fly chinook.

[@snoopyzera1054]

Chinook was designed specifically to land like that.

[@Croiseeman]

One of the greatest Heli ever made.

[@secretsquirrel8010]

Chinook pilots and crew chiefs are laughing at this video. These types of landings are actually very common and the Chinook was designed specifically for this landing.

[@stephenroberts7459]

I have seen both French and Swiss mountain rescue helicopters doing similar manoeuvres in the Alps. Very impressive flying from them all!

[@penguinista]

Always very impressive, but I have never seen it in a gigantic, dual rotor chopper before. That is not like flying a high power single rotor. This is like weaving through traffic driving a semi truck if a doing the same trick in a dual engine NOTAR is like driving an ambulance.

[@olliewilliams8925]

"First on the ground, then in the air" Really?

[@alenkerr8533]

These aviators are incredible

[@butters9274]

He must have served in Afghanistan pretty typical offload

[@naimas8120]

If we did that in our country, probably another 5 dead people on the news

[@naimas8120]

That's why it's so special to work for us military

[@musclebone7875]

Now that's a hell of helicopter flying skills!