In article ,
Nathan Young wrote:
50 ft is 99% luck. Pitch for lowest speed above stall, and pray
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
whatever is in front of you is soft. Hell, if you have really bad
luck, you might hit a tree while still in the clouds.

-Nathan

"Pitch for lowest speed above stall"?!? While this may provide for the lowest
possible forward airspeed/groundspeed, you're going to have one helluva sink
rate. In addition, your ability to manuver and flare with be severely
degrated. Everything I've ever read and been taught says to push the nose
over to maintain best glide speed (which is usually very close to Vy for
most light singles). There was even an article in last month's issue of
AOPA pilot about this which mentioned how much you really do need to push
the nose over to attain best glide speed upon engine failure after take off.

I'd be curious as to your rationale for pitching to lowest speed above
stall....

-- Dane