Originally Posted by
b1lanc
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.
Also, did anyone hear if there was a voice recorder installed? It would be difficult and probably impractical to install a meaningful FDR on an aircraft of that vintage, but a CVR would be reasonably easy.