Originally Posted by
LOMCEVAK
With respect to TCT's claims of flying at 10 or 15 ft above the sea/land whilst observing wildlife, and flying within a half-wingspan of cliffs, I have not yet seen any photographs of her flying the Stearman with those separations. Therefore, did she actually fly those conditions or was what was reported by her an exaggeration in an ill-conceived attempt, perhaps, to impress? To fly those conditions safely is a precise flying task and one would not expect an 'average' pilot to have the ability to do so. Also, unless the pilot has considerable practise and/or a suitably knowledgeable external observer then judgement of these distances is unlikely to be accurate and there is a tendency to have greater actual separations than those estimated.
If a picture paints a thousand words, how many will a video paint?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJSox0kv4oo