When I watched the takeoff video my neck hairs stood up - bad idea. I wouldn't have done that now much less 20 years from now and falling down the back side of the age curve. Wouldn't even have done it 20 years ago when I did this kind of thing all the time flying single-pilot, unstabilized night IFR. Judgement call, but we don't know enough background - maybe the pilot routinely did these flights at night, maybe the chevy2 had G500 glass, .....