Big airshow at my hometown in the 60's....in the heyday of the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flying F-4 Phantoms and putting on "competing" displays....and lots of static display of various military aircraft.
End of show....all the military iron are fired up and departing....radio chat being broadcast on the Public Address system.....US Navy S-2 "Stoof" is given taxi instructions for RWY 15...the long Runway with the ILS that landed on RWY 33.
Long Run-Up with Mag Checks and Props on the two big noisy...really noisy Radial Engines....then a bit of quiet and Takeoff Clearance on RWY issued.....more lots of noise as Throttles pushed against the stops.....Brakes held....and off he goes....and in very short order after Tower states...."That is Runway 18 which is closed!"....silence other than the squealing of brakes.
18/36 had been closed for decades and used for parking....and a Fairchild Aircraft Factory at the end of 18....a rather large red brick building of three stories with the Firm Name in huge letters on it.
Same show....Army OV-1 Mohawk roared off down 18....stayed low over the runway...pulled the gear up and accelerated to max warp and did an incredibly steep sharp pull-up,......and resulted in the Pilot blacking out.......to come to as the aircraft was about to turn itself into a Yard Dart.
He later recounted that experience in the US Army Aviation Safety Magazine.