RE: Cool heli pictures.
Not much talent to land on aft landing gear. In fact, its a common maneuver that is taught in flight school (CH-47D AQC course) and practed by many units in the Army. The CH-47D unique flight control system with differential collective allows such landing maneuvers that are more common in mountain flying conditions. Same principle behind two wheel taxi for the CH-47D (taxing aircraft wtih rear aft wheels touching ground)