Well thank you Dan! I've mentioned this over the years, and been ridiculed. 'Not possible to set up a 747 and get a nose wheel first landing' they'd all say. This aircraft had a very light pax load, and would be well down on fuel (but where's the nearest diversion for Perth?) so this could be the answer. Wrong flap.
Or it may have been the captain; an optical illusion caused by the big hat.
