Spoke to a Belgian friend who flew the 104 out of Kleine Brogel in the early 1980s. He told me that it was dangerous to operate them below 300 kts at low level because of the relatively poor control response. I also recall him speaking of the strong roll/yaw couple because of the adverse B/A ratio (long fuselage/very short wings).
Best beat up I ever saw was by a departing 104 going past the ATC tower at Gutersloh after the 1982 Tiger Meet, below roof level and at what must have been very close to Mach 1. The aircraft went straight over the Ops block (the tower was part of the same building) - I was standing a few feet away, on the roof and nearly got blown off!
Last edited by ShyTorque; 25th Dec 2005 at 19:27.