Water landings are said to be near impossible to pull off for anything but hydroplanes (see also: the Hudson miracle) and yet water bombers do it as a matter of routine. How do they keep from crashing (or at least, losing so much speed that they can’t just climb again after scooping up the water) as soon as they hit water?
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The “scoop” is very small so it creates as little drag as possible during the filling process.
[https://youtu.be/fuLk5hXMRZY?t=217](https://youtu.be/fuLk5hXMRZY?t=217)
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