Originally Posted by kpb

Once you are in the air it is mostly a matter of visibility -- looking down from a high-wing is more revealing than trying to see around a wing mounted low. However, looking for traffic at or higher than your altitude is enhanced in a low-wing. High-wings can be a little claustrophobic as you are constantly craning your neck to look around.

I have only flown a low-wing once but I have read and been told that some of the low-wings will actually "cushion" the landing flare a bit because of ground effect being more pronounced with a wing lower to the terrain. This may also cause an unexpected floating down the runway when the pilot is trying to land.

I'm looking at buying a piece of a little low-wing (Beech Musketeer) so I may have some hands-on observations re: high vs. low...