The use of the low level fly past or “fly-by” by an aircraft with landing gear, or other condition, for the purpose of ground observation / confirmation does not provide meaningful additional information etc etc etc. Such operations are prohibited.
Remoak old chum, this is straight out of a JAR Ops 1 and I'm assuming EASA compliant OMA. The etc etc etc is my edit to keep the post to one page...
I wonder if the TAIC chap had any relevant access/experience with respect to the legalese that we have to deal with?