Biscuit74 and BEagle;
I'm afraid I'm with you on this. Get him home safe, leave the aeroplane where it is. From personal dealings with Mr Kirk I suspect that many of his supporters on here have never met him.
I'd be very worried if I was the LAA inspector who signed the aircraft off. Because if questions are asked it will all be someone else's fault and nothing to do with MK.
SND