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"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote:

There is the question. I'm in a mood today. Have you flown your
favorite aircraft with zero or near zero indicated airspeed? I'm
talking about controlled flight and predictable outcomes.
Let the games begin. I'm so freaking tired of beach volleyball and the
bull**** olympics that is full of professionals. Whoooooppppss I
digress
Zero IAS. Why is it important to pilots? And I'm talking about in
flight, not sitting on the ramp with the engine off.

In Kelly Johnson's autobiography, he wrote of flying with Howard Hughes
during an accepance flight of TWA's first Constellation. Hughes was in
the left seat, Johnson in the right. Hughes asked Johnson to demonstrate
a power on stall. Johnson did took the aircraft into the buffet and
recovered.
Hughes stated that what Johnson had done was not a stall and took
control of the aircraft. With the throttles full forward, Hughes pulled
the nose up. As the aircraft shuddered and started to fall off, Johnson
took control and recovered to level flight. Hughes, visibly shaken, sat
silently on the remainder of the flight back to the airport.

Johnson stated that it was the first and only time he had ever seen the
airspeed indicator on a commercial aircraft indicate zero.