Talk about weird; I'd recently commented on VMGR-352 "QB" TRANSPACS back in the '70s, out of MCAS El Toro, when I crewed on the R's. On one of those return gaggles to El Toro in the "command" 130, halfway btwn Hickam (we parked there, the A-4's at MCAS Kaneohe Bay), we almost/almost had a midair. Orbiting and waiting for the fast-movers to arrive, another 130 got out of place. Talk about close - my entire view from the starboard waist window was obscured by the other 130; with the UNITED STATES MARINES livery (port side) gliding by at an upward 30° angle - our wings overlapping. Needless to say, one of the PIC's went buh-bye.
Great article. Brings back fond memories, when thete were no boarding 'anythings' back in the mid-50s (orderly), and later on in the late '80s thru early'90s in the former-Soviet republics (not orderly) that were absolutely hilarious - from the fence, to the tarmac, to the stairs.
