SSD: The 'Mad Major's' London bridges exploits were covered in the 'AaaahAusterrrr' thread on the 'Aviation History & Nostalgia' Forum a couple of weeks ago. As I result, I learned that the man who put him up to his later Messerschmitt-around-Eros escapade (car, not aeroplane) was the father of a US-domiciled, Auster 6-owning colleague of mine. Small world.