No room in aviation for show-offs, but there should be plenty of room for people to enjoy themselves.
True - we don't know the details. But....:
- Hairyplane's garden can't be all that small (compared to mine at least..... )
- An Auster will land safely in a very small field. A friend of mine used to fly Austers in the Army. If I believe even a fraction of the stories that he tells me, an Auster will land in an exceptionally short field!
- Landing safely in a short field really isn't a big deal if you've practised a bit. I know a lot of pilots who recently went and landed at a new "airfield" that is 170m long, with a curved final approach and no possibility of going around. None of them had been there before. None of them had any trouble, and most have been back several times since. They're all much more skilled than me - but if you have the ability the experience and are in current practice, it can be done quite safely.