That slight pole forward before a skating on greaser was something I saw many times watching from the holding point. Arsey and classy it looked.
Straight after the early prangs in the states a movie was made about the techniques for a safe, stabilised approach, widely distributed to 727 operators.
Rather sorry never to have made it onto the three holer. She of the ventral entry. First encounter was at Mascot in '62 when the demonstrator came in on it's world tour. Plastered with all the logo stickers of all the airlines that had ordered them. Sales staff handing out all the pins and ties and little diecasts you asked for. And just about any odd or sod could cadge a ride.