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Old August 12th 03, 06:59 PM
Borislav Deianov
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In rec.aviation.student Andrew Gideon wrote:
ls wrote:

The cheezy way to do it is to just dive a bit until the
glideslope flattens a bit and then resume your approach airspeed (although


What about slowing below best glide, but (obviously {8^) above stall?


Here is a page that discusses both of the above techniques (from John
Denker's excellent online book on aerodynamics):

http://www.av8n.com/how/htm/power.ht...-energy-stunts

Neither is usually the best method of glide path control but it never
hurts to have more tools in your toolbox.

Boris