I wonder what anybody watching the event live must have thought?! Must have been harrowing thinking of that, as they drove back home on those winding Lake District A roads, at the national speed limit, passing cars going the opposite way at 120mph closing speed and only a couple of feet apart. That's hardly dangerous though is it?! Doesn't raise any eyebrows.
And people will get pulled behind boats to water ski at 30-40mph, but you don't see anyone getting pulled behind a vehicle on a road at the same speeds as a common pastime do you?
I don't see what all the fuss is about! Probably just a bit of jealousy that it wasn't them doing it, as they don't own a nice Maule or have any skill.
The bloke is only risking himself and his airplane, and obviously doesn't have a problem with it, so why should anyone else?