Carl -

It came down to 10,000 in the late 50's. I heard from some of the original 100 drivers that Bob Hoover helped get that one under control. They had lost so many 100's in the earlier years that the AF got pretty conservative in their approach to the bird. They hired Bob to help and some of the stories about that are really interesting.

John

PS: NAF: Were you at Edwards when Bob Titus and Joe Jordan were there? Joe did a lot of work with the 104 and held the altitude record for awhile in that machine.