I met Maurice Kirk a couple of times, seemed a nice guy totally absorbed in flying but with total disregard for authority in any form. A similar insouciance was shown by his brother Michael, again a really nice man provided that CAA, police etc were not around. He seemed to have a natural antipathy for any form of discipline.
Michael frightened the living daylights out of me on one occasion, after which I stayed well clear whenever he was aviating. While the authorities were remarkably tolerant of his eccentricities/lawbreaking, Sir Isaac Newton was not; Michael killed himself by flying into a Co. Antrim hillside in low cloud, fortunately his passenger escaped with injuries.
While respecting Maurice's determination and undoubted talents (I know what a veterinary qualification involves) I think some people should not be granted a pilot's licence in the interests of others if not themselves. A sad story.