It would appear that "bumping down" is still alive and well in a small town 300km to the east of Perth...
The local aviators (worried about avian flu these days I imagine) carefully "bumpdown" by the first or second wire on the runway... (oh, sorry, Rwy 10 doesnt have a cable arrester system, well what were you aiming for?)
Who needs a chiropractor after you have been shown a "bumpdown" reminiscent of Maverick in Top Gun (they all wear the glasses as well)... Even a chiropractor couldnt salvage what would be left of your spinal column...
It is rumoured that these pilots are so adept at "bumping down" that on many occasions they do this with such vigour that ones eyes retract in their sockets and end up somwhere around the anal region, hence the outlook achieved by many a young aviator in their employ...
If "bumping down" is an art, then they should all be bloody picasso... But then again, he put the one ear he had to good use...