In a grim reminder of the fact that aviation can bite even the highly gifted it has been reported that Vicki Cruze a past US Aerobatics champion was killed in a crash at Silverstone in the UK. She was flying an Edge 540. The crash is being investigated.
On the local Australian scene in recent months two other Icons of aerobatic excellence Pip Borman and Tom Moon have died in low level incidents. 
This underlines that the studied perfection we have so often observed is the result of great dedication and always carries with it the threat of the unexpected. Anyone tempted to aerobat at low level should bear in mind the likely fact that all these people might still be alive if they had been gifted with the cushion of another 1000ft of altitude.