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Since you mention landing hot --- from the landing video, my take is that the approach was fast, and that the pilot used up a lot of runway before making actual ground contact.

That said, there was plenty of runway available, and on touchdown, the excess speed (if any) was easily compensated for.

The passenger-pilot clearly had general aviation familiarity, and kept a cool head. Both of which help immensely.

(My own flight experience: general understanding of flight controls and theory, pax in a handful of small-plane flights, RH seat. An hour or so of straight-and-level flying. A bit of sim. No formal training.)



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