Brian Milton is certainly a forceful character, and I know several people who have not enjoyed every moment of their dealings with him, but then a high degree of single-mindedness is something of a pre-requisite for the kind of flights he attempts.
I suspect he'll be among the last to subscribe to the Health and Safety Executive's outlook on life, and I wouldn't criticise him for that.
I spent an evening with him and others at a microlight fly-in in Ireland last year and he was planning his next challenge then. It is going to be an attempt the fly across the States in less than 24 hours in a microlight, following Jimmy Doolittle's 1922 route.
There is, inevitably, a
web site where you can find out more.