MAKG1
Touchdown! Greaser!
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MAKG
I fly every landing that way. Why would I want more energy and more time floating down the runway than necessary? That is the 'danger zone'. If I want to land mid field, I just adjust my aim point.
To be honest, I couldn't tell you how fast I am over the threshold, as I'm NEVER looking at the ASI that close to the ground. But I generally don't try to round out and flare until closer to the ground. If I'm following a PAPI, it will aim me for 300 or 1000 feet past the threshold, so I'm too high for a round-out over the threshold. I'm presuming the speed is constant until the round out as the attitude and trim are constant and the control pressures very light, but maybe it isn't.
If I'm doing a soft field landing, I won't pull off the power completely until the mains touch. Short field, it will be all the way down over the fence.