Hey chksix:
Thanks for the link. While I recognize that you are not “taking sides” in this on-going debate … (perhaps discussion is a better word) … I think that the diagram of the airplane in the landing attitude provided in your link sheds some additional light on the subject. This diagram clearly indicates that the proper pitch attitude for landing is between 4 and 6 degrees. I made a statement earlier that “Level flight attitude, with landing flaps and a speed between 1.1 and 1.2 of stall speed should be in the neighborhood of 3 - 6 degrees of pitch…” The 1.1 to 1.2 of stall speed range I described is the airspeed you should have at the end of the flare if you maintain Vref+5 until start of the flare.
I’ll not go any further with that explanation and rationale for this attitude being appropriate for recovery from a bounced landing or the initiation of a go-around, as it seems that my use of extended descriptions are interpreted by some as an indication of ignorance on the subject.
Thanks again.