High Wing or Low Wing

[brien23]

Why do some people like high wing and some like low wing. One you hit your head the other your knees, high wing blocks your view in the turning direction low wing blocks your view down. High wing more likely to have someone land on top of you low wing to land on someone below you. Any other reasons?

 

[Jim Logajan]

I've always liked aircraft where the seating is as far in front of the wing as possible. Diamonds are #1 in my book. Bonanzas aren't bad, better than most of the older generations. I'm trying to avoid flying a glider - afraid I'll fall in serious lust ... I can't afford a jet - no problem there ...

I started training in an SGS 2-33 glider, an old reliable trainier, but stopped short of getting a glider license. When I restarted my training a couple years later, but in powered airplanes, my first impression of the C-152 I trained in was "Holy crap - the visibility in this thing truly sucketh - how does anyone put up with this!? And the noise and annoying headphones!"

 

[Jim Logajan]

Technically speaking .......one doesn't see many low wing bush planes ( like in alaska) and the reasons are visibility and ease of operation, ie: taxiing up to a dock, etc. on and on.

The low wings just need to be a bit larger to get the needed clearance: