Years ago , when Coast to Coast Redeye fights were still going on (Mid 70's).

I was on a United (?) fight out of Seattle and there were only me and 2 or 3 other passengers and some off duty pilots returning to the east coast. There was very strong crosswind that night and the pilots on board were taking bets on whether an Air Alaska fight was going to make his landing, he had aborted twice already. Well he did make it and then it was the plane in front of the line turn to take off , he aborted and returned to the terminal, as did the next one, then it was our turn,

I don't know whether it was because we were light or because the other pilots were on board, but we pulled out on the runway, and sat there for about 1 minute and then the engines revved to ungodly rpms and then the pilot released the brakes and the thing shot forward like a dragster , actually forced my body into the seat and off we went. (don't know where we were on the runway when we went airborne (eyes were closed) but it wasn't very far.) Plane just kind of shot into the air, no gentle upward glide.

All in all, a good time was had by all.