Ron Parsons wrote:


Back in the last century when as students we used to have to do
simulated flameout approaches to fields down near the Rio Grande with
Cessna T-37's, it was quickly discovered that if you dived at a field
that you were too close to, you would end up overshooting but if you
pulled the nose up almost to a stall, you could mush down at a great
angle.

But that doesn't make sense Ron...you certainly would end up at
the field with too much airspeed but why would you 'overshoot'
the field?...hell you could 'pointer straight down' and you
certainly wouldn't 'overshoot the field' (although you'd be going
like a scalded cat - and may need to 'overshoot' for that reason)
--

-Gord.