Why so high? - Recceguy
Perhaps you missed the key words in Lonewolf's post, as underlined below:
For Crazy: the two Italians who flew between our two ships during UNREP in the Med, mid 1980's. They were at about bridge height.
which indicates that the two Italian aircraft flew between two ships taking part in "Underway Replenishment" and thus connected to each other by the replenishment gear and only some 90 feet apart!
