Getting back to the topic of talented by inexperienced pilots teaching themselves to do low passes...

Here's a Soaring RX column about how human factors affects low passes http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/...8-19-20-21.pdf

Dr. Dan walks us through a pilot completing his first low pass and explains some of the human factors as they come to fore. Spoiler Alert. Like most first low passes, nobody dies.