Completely agree. Seeing it from that angle, it shows how totally ordinary an arrival it was. The drift is not that great- the telephoto is exaggerating it. Because some idiot goes public with what a 'hard' landing, it is taken as read despite professional pilots here trying to say there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. The aeroplane enthusiasts do nothing for their reputation going off on one for something as ordinary as that! It is, actually, quite damaging as well as being totally idiotic. Take a neighbouring thread, 'Tapping a roof on finals'- no wonder there are so many people so nervous of flying if they think a video landing like that is 'hard' and dangerous, and aeroplanes regularly hit roofs before landing. This idiocy must be stopped. I make myself thoroughly unpopular when I step in and try and bring some normalcy back. Who then?
Last edited by Rainboe; 31st Jul 2009 at 10:32.