Nothing new under the sun ...............
WW1 ace (9 credited kills), Maj. Christopher Draper, DFC continued flying after the war as a stunt pilot at airshows and for the movie industry.
In 1930, as a protest against the abysmal way the government had treated its war veterans, he undertook to fly under all the bridges on the River Thames in London. On the day, he managed only two bridges because of adverse winds, but the event was captured on film.
In 1953 he decided to finish the work he'd started nearly 25 years earlier. Protesting once again over the same issue, he was able to complete almost all of them.
This time, the authorities decided to prosecute him.
Here's the court summons, and a promotional poster circulated at the time.
The Major's license was revoked.
He died in 1979, after a long and very colourful life. In his time he maintained one of the oldest and longest running pilot's licenses in history (Royal Aero Club certificate #646), and flew everything from Bristol Boxkites to Hawker Hurricanes and Glostor Meteors.
And before anyone asks ....... No, I did not represent him! I'm not that old. 
Wish I had though - it would have been an honour. 