My wife went for a short trip in a sea plane last summer, calm day with
glassy water. The pilot used a very similar technique for landing.

John D

I once heard a pilot with the British Antarctic Survey describe their
technique for landing on the ice surface in white out conditions -
basically
fly straight and at a very slow descent rate until contact is made with
the
surface, no point looking out the window. Of course the 'landing strip' is
enormous and completely flat.

Karl, Orkney