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Will - here's one for you:
Do you think that it's possible that the fuselage of the plane is actually in the picture in question? In comparing the first frame versus the second (the one with the tail visible), I noticed the treeline in the background is basically a black lump with little detail. If the plane isn't completely hidden by the ticket machine, could it be far enough out that the silouette of the fuselage does not completely eclipse the treeline and that at least the nose of the plane would be visible if the camera had enough resolution?
As far as your question about the tail and its distance from the ground, I think that is pretty easily answered with the idea that the plane was in a shallow dive. Maybe I've misunderstood your point, but I think that the pilot necessarily had to be decreasing his altitude to avoid the earlier obstacles on the turnpike, etc. He was either lucky or good to put the plane where he did, but I would guess the former.
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