You can see fairly clearly that the landing Vampire in the scene I talked about appears to be landing under its own power. If it were being placed there by a "crane" of sorts, it wouldnt "flare" out just before the rear landing gear touches the floor. "Flare" is a procedure where just before ground contact, you raise the nose up just a tad so the rear wheels or landing struts touch the ground first before the nose gear. This helps prevent shoving your nose into the ground!
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