Oh yeah I forgot, about the question for Ted, then doesn't the red/white refer to the correct glide-path shown by the lights next to the runway that some large airports have? (not sure what the name is, and there are two variants, one with 1 row of lights and one with 4 rows I think, and I think that last one is the one that's refferred to above).
I did the landing-approach again and this time I kept up around 60-70 kts and while I still descended at 1000 fpm then I had enough air-speed to flare before stalling so the landing didn't overstress the plane or made it bounce (I fly with all factors on including crashes).
Frank
I think you may be thinking of the PAPI lighting system, which has a single row of lights. They basically do the same thing as the VASI lighting system but represent it differently. In a PAPI with, for example, four lights, you want it to be an even split with half of them red, the other half white, and that means you are on glide slope. You can actually see them change, and they offer more precision than VASI as a result. Let's say you are on approach and you seen the PAPI with all white showing. As you cut power back and start descending lower, you should see the first PAPI light on the right side go from white to red, then the second, etc. The trick is to use that as a guide in adjusting your approach to keep the number of white and red ones equal. If you see more red than white you are drifting lower than the glide slope and know to add some power back in to correct it. A normal approach is a 3 degree descent angle.
From the ground, a PAPI system looks like a bar of floodlights, wheras a VASI looks like lights enclosed in orange boxes with filter lenses built into the front of the boxes.
For a better understanding of airport lighting systems, here is a link that is of interest describing these nifty visual aids... including the ALS (approach lighting system). This is straight out of the AIM (Airman's Information Manual).
http://www.faa.gov/ATPubs/AIM/Chap2/aim0201.html