I once sat in a commercial aircraft (only barely - a Do228!) which, landing straight into the wind, appeared to stand still and just touch down vertically. Now

I once sat in a commercial aircraft (only barely - a Do228!) which, landing straight into the wind, appeared to stand still and just touch down vertically. Now, I know that this is impossible (no way the stall speed, even with full flaps, sensible AoA and near empty plane is lower than the wind speed at which the airport closes!) - but it definitely felt and looked as we simply gently dropped out of the sky, helicopter style. The pilot suggested this was not uncommon practice when I asked him after we'd parked on the apron - fast, steady wind was what they encountered every day landing on these northern Norwegian islands.