I love flying out of John Wayne.
Its noise restrictions are fun, the people who bought houses near the airport don't want noise (of course they should know..). The take off consists of sitting on the end of the runway, full brakes, engines in full rev, then you zoom down the runway, take off at a much higher angle than at most airports till you get a few thousand feet, and then.....
The engines throttle way back, for a moment you feel almost weightless (we would put our hands out in front and watch them go up), and you just lose altitude till you get over the ocean, and bam! Engines go back on, and you are on your way.
Best felt in the last row of an empty 757!
DITTO that! :)