I would have thought there was some sort of law against flying at lets call it a conservative 100 kph, less than a metre above a river 50 metres wide, lined with spectators was a little dangerous. Throw in a boat doing who knows what speed at times, towing two skiers and its just an accident waiting to happen to me. Throw in the bends and you cant tell me thats safe flying unless someone is shooting at you.
I love the concept, but given the insanity, deaths, injuries of this event over the years not a good move.
Would it be just uncontrolled airspace and a free for all?
Surely there would be some requirement to maintain some sort of clearance above the deck greater than what the good quality TV video showed as about 300mm above the river.
In all the thousands of Military helicopter videos Ive seen, Ive never seen one as low and fast as this one at the Southern 80.