As he came down, he barely cleared surrounding crags. Afterward he said he had plenty of clearance, the spotter however said that he could almost have run his hand along the bottom of the fuselage. :^)
People should know there was an supremely talented engineer fearless beyond sanity who used his pilot skills to confirm theory ending up far more brave and bad-ass than fictional Maverick of "Top Gun" humbly shunning fame, publicity and cash-in deals up to his passing.
We are desperately short of that type now when we need them most.