sorvolare a bassa quota

[carlafed]

I need some help to translate the expression
"sorvolare a bassa quota"
in English. It is meant for a plane flying at low altitude.
In Word ref dictionary I found "to skim" - but it says it is only for water. What about flying over land?
Thank you so much )

 

[Dale Dolores]

I don't speak Italian, but perhaps:

fly low over the ground
to fly at low altitude is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Silvia]

sorvolare = "to fly low over", "to buzz" (the latter should be colloquial)

 

[Marc1]

The military calls it low altitude flying, but since you want to translate sorvolare, that is overflying, perhaps one could say low altitude overflight (?)

 

[DDT]

What about "to fly low" tout court?

DDT