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You may also have been on the wrong end of a min Zep pass as well. In those days the separation minima were 200 yards laterally and 200 feet vertically. It was only the US who insisted on the 1000 foot bubble. The min separation dust off was a standard head on entry into the visual fight but Zep Pa**i our German exchange officer was the only one who could judge a Mach 1.8 VsubC beak to beak pass down to a small number of feet!