Andrew Gideon wrote in message ...
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
not cheezy in my aircraft type which is incapable of slips - that's pretty
much my only option). Don't do this on the checkride or even with the CFI
on board - they'll slap you upside the head and with good reason. The much
better way is to use a slip or, if you're sure you have it made, adding
flaps, to accellerate energy dissipation and get you on glideslope without
building up too much airspeed.

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

In the old days CFIs taught the students to enter spins, first one
way, then the other. Each spin was recovered after only about 45
degrees of rotation. The resulting maneuver looked like a falling
leaf, thus the maneuver was named the "falling leaf". You could
probably lose your CFI ticket for teaching that now.

-Robert, CFI