Hi Guys,
I am Denys Sergieiev, pilot of WOV on the april 28th.
I don't want to make excuses, just want to clarify some things.
About my smile on video, I was in shock till the rest of the day this is uncontrollable reaction.
I didn't know that something wrong with aeroplane before I applied full power on the runway.
Yes I did have a time to abort take off, this mistake looks incredibly simple and my action incredibly stupid, but you know facts what you don't know is the emotions attached to this decision. Unfortunately ability to resist emotions only comes with experience which I didn't have. At the time I believed that I can go with 29 inches and I was under pressure to go because flight was delayed by two hours and after that I had another one.
I know that I did wrong and no excuses for me.
Do I suffer after this? Yes I do, and it will be with me till the rest of my days.
Did I learn from this? Yes I did. This is kind of lesson which you don't want to learn hard way.
But life is going on and I can't just lie and die regretting about what happened.
I determined to continue flying and be much safer pilot than I was before.