Dane Spearing wrote:

"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....

I don't want to speak for the other poster but the rationale seems
obvious. If you can't see anything and/or you don't know what's in
front of you, then how long you stay aloft isn't going to matter. Of
course, one does not want to have TOO much of a vertical speed if they
value their spine but most likely the thing that's to the aircraft's
nose will be the killer item.

Marco