[focusracer]

I've flown NOE (nap of the earth) a few times in helicopters and in planes. You could literally stick your feet off the landing gear and touch the treetops, you have to climb to clear some trees and small hills but anytime there is a populated area of any kind the nutjob pilots I've done that with have put a minimum 2-300 ft deck, bare minimum. It doesn't take long going 100+ mph at such low level to get royally f'd up in your bearings. What if he'd been off in that last second or two a degree or two of pitch or yaw and dug a hole with his one skid instead of both touching fairly in time with eachother? Like Sparky said, Cuisinart time...