I learned this while reading "Stick & Rudder", and practiced it in real life with my Culver Cadet. It also works quite well in AH, especially if you think you've screwed up a dead-stick approach. It's especially useful for planes with no flaps, and for short field landings.
Here's how it works. After turning final and you're lined up with the runway, and when you're in a position close to the runway threshhold but above a normal glideslope (where most pilots would go around, thinking they were too high to land), you pull the stick back until you reach mimimum controllable airspeed, and hold it there with pitch control. If you're comfortable with your plane you can keep it right on the verge of a stall. Be careful here, you don't want to stall/spin at low altitude. If you think you're going to stall, push forward slightly--just enough to avoid the stall. You will begin to descend like a rock, yet retain complete control of the aircraft. Watch your altitude. You will be in a nose-high attitude so refer to your compass and peripheral vision to maintain runway heading, and your peripheral vision and altimeter to decide when to break out of the maneuver in order to touch down gently. To land, push forward enough to gain a little airspeed to facilitate control authority just before touchdown, to get sight of and check/adjust alignment with the runway, and to (most important) reduce the high rate of descent. Yea, it's weird, you're going to push FORWARD to get your rate of descent under control. If necessary, add a touch of throttle to quickly get your airspeed up to the normal landing speed. It's usually only a matter of a few seconds between when you start the recovery and touch down on the runway.
Okay, there's not a lot of room for error with this type of landing. It requires some confidence in your plane and your own ability. For most, it probably makes more sense to just use a slide slip. But, this landing is worth experimenting with if you want to try something new, and improve your low-speed and/or short field piloting skills. Once you get it down, try it while also holding a side-skip, for a nearly vertical angle of descent (much like a helicopter or elevator!).
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