This is how the novices land. You should see a pro do it. ;)

Realy now? :) and how would the pro do it?

It varies from species to species, but western dragons especially can cause enough resistance with their wings, when slanted at the right angle. One would think the sheer pressure on said wings would bend them backwards, but one also forgets what heavy creatures we are. We don't necessarily have a "honeycomb" skeletal structure - the laws of physics alone prove that that type of skeleton would be unable to support the larger dragons. When this has been realized, it's easy to see that between our streamlined shape in flight and our wing shape that we can slow ourselves from high speeds by simply gliding.

Gliding in is exactly what he is doing, but you still have to consider that in order for an animal of that size to produce enough lift, they'd still have to either flap at lower speeds or come in realy fast and stall out at the last second by cupping and flaping thier wings. In this case he is doing the later, because that is the better way to do it, and is how most large birds do it.

I have done alot of research into the mechanics of flight and how it would translate into a dragon's ability to fly.
The way they land would be very similar to a very large bird, with the difference being that they need to dissipate alot more force through thier limbs on touchdown.

There is no way a dragon would be light enough or powerful enough to fly unless they had a very unique bone structure, and a very special muscle configuration. I have worked on both of those aspects very much. Alot of people use human muscles as a basis for comparison but when you consider how much more powerful alot of other animals are, even with smaller muscles, you start to realize human standards are way below what is possible in nature.

Fine, pick science over an actual dragon... XP