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and also....

... the LOT pilot who did a superb job of putting a 767 down at Warsaw when its undercarriage failed to come down.

http://airpigz.com/blog/2011/11/2/2-videos-lot-767-lands-wheels-up-in-warsaw-poland-11-1-11.html

The second video, taken from outside the airfield, catches the touchdown perfectly. The pilot put it right on the threshold with the exact amount of flare to grease it on. Its hard to imagine how it could have been done better.

I hear that, like Sully, he is a glider pilot...

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