Backyard Landing

We got an email from the school saying that the national guard was going to have a Chinook Helicopter land in the parking lot across the street from our apartment today. So we gathered up our children, and our lawnchairs and went to watch. I thought I'd gotten a better video, but I must've hit the wrong button as it landed. Even across the street it was pretty powerful. It blew me backwards and blew lots of sand and dust at us. The kids were intially kind of scared, but then watched in awe as the blades slowly came to a stop. It was realy neat and I'm glad we got to watch. I mean how often is it that a HUGE helicopter lands practically in your backyard?