Landing speed

[Ancient Seraph]

Haven't noticed a big difference myself either. I think it horizontal speed isn't that important actually, although the easiest thing is to land close to stall speed. Vertical speed is more important, to avoid crashing into the ground.
For the mission you're talking about you have to stop your aircraft, and someone over the radio sais it's looking good. The description isn't good in my opinion, since you're not doing touch and go's, but full stop landings.