Originally Posted by
WING7
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Mid field downwind at 300 feet probably indicates they had no power on two engines already there. That makes one wonder about their consciousness about their energy state and dropping the gear instead of planning for a belly landing till the runway was clearly reachable.
Do we even know that the gear was ever up? Seems they knew they had to come back very soon after take-off. Like you, I'm also wondering about videos. When Collings comes to our location, there are always folks taking videos.