Originally Posted by
TowerDog
Agree, 65 knots may be a tad fast for a C-172.
Depends on model, check the POH, yadda yadda. The ones I usually fly are 65 on final, 60 over the hedge, probably around 55 at flare except by then I'm no longer looking at the ASI. Think about it - if you lift off at 50, you're not going to be able to touch down
very much faster than that, are you, as it'll just keep flying.
Suggest, however, you do
not do what I was doing a couple of weeks ago - last couple of hundred feet at 45 with the stall warner blaring (hint: they have a lower stall speed if you put floats on them).