Anybody ever heard of this?
"In that case, Lieutenant Junior Grade C.W. Vandenberg had flown out to intercept the Cougar, positioning the tip of his left wing beneath the right wing of the pilotless Cougar. By performing this risky maneuver on both sides of the Cougar, he directed airflow against the Cougar’s wings to “steer” it back over the ocean, where it ultimately crashed."
The entire story is at this link from Air & Space magazine...
I Was Almost Killed By a Navy Jet on a San Diego Beach | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine