I like the '......appeared to be struggling' bit- from a layman! How does such an aeroplane 'struggle'? Was the pilot desperately holding the controls, shrieking for his colleague to help hold them far over, while the airframe shuddered, and the school was filling their windows, desperately heading for the only clear space in sight........or was a Herc pilot showing off to his Mum at the bottom of her garden?