Oi Tony --- wash your mouth out with carbolic soap mate ---- "girly looking"????
I'll have none of that mate!!!
Anyway to help you as requested:
Mach 1 at sea level = approx 760 miles per hour.
Therefore, Mach 1.2 at sea level = approx 912 miles per hour = approx 793 knots (nautical miles per hour - 1 nautical mile = approx 1.15 statute miles).
Th F104 was limited to whichever came first of: 750 knots equivalent air speed; 121 degrees C inlet air temperature; the "slow light"; or Mach 2.
The relationship between indicated air speed and equivalent air speed can vary considerably, so you can fly at higher indicated air speeds and not exceed the equivalent air speed limit.
I have personally seen 810 knots indicated air speed at (very) low level. That equates to 937 miles per hour. Therefore, the F104 can (could) exceed Mach 1.2 at sea level.
And anyway, it was a delight to fly, although sometimes it could be like driving a TR3 on bald tyres in the wet!!! And you could shave on the leading edge of the wings if you forgot your razor on a landaway.
It also achieved the first non-American "kill" on an F14 during a Top Gun "one versus many" combat scenario.
So - go and use the carbolic again
That OK ?????