mad_jock
I agree entirely regarding the very low-end coverage in the UK mags, but they are probably reflecting the bulk of their readership: low time PPL pilots (perhaps < 10hrs/year), antique type owners (usually very low time too), plane spotters.
And I bet most of the readership is skint, so little point in articles about modern planes, modern nav methods, etc.
Very very occassionally an article appears which addresses something a bit higher up but then it often contains what I consider gross errors - probably gets printed because nobody on the staff is any different from the above mentioned readership. Flyer is occassionally OK.