For another video of the same landing it was also a late turn to finals with little time to stabilise the approach - yeah, a firm arrival, but what's the problem? Ever see the Buffalo at Farnborough? Now, that was a heavy landing...
Dan Gryder may be a hero to Sludge but on the video on AvWeb he does come across to me as a bit of a self important motor mouth. Never fumbled a landing Dan? Lucky I guess...
Over the years I've seen various highly regarded pilots publicise their own errors and offer analysis of where they went wrong. They may occasionally offer some critique of another pilot's incident but it's usually sympathetically expressed and a case of "there but for the grace..."
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