I love it when someone bites! Especially when it's an anorak/helicopter groupie.
Some PANews quotes:-
I would severe exception to your statement that [the Explorer] is 'supremely good at what it is required to do'
Nice English. Look me old, it is, I've used it, when you have flown one come back to me. Don't argue semantics.
Overall it just sounds like you are mighty biased towards a particular product which I rarely if ever knock on flying quality or capability
Oh no? How about this bit of disinformation?
Mind you it busts the myth about Notars never having loss of tail rotor authority!
I never said I believed the myth about tail rotor authority!
There's a nicely balanced statement for you! But you are happy to promote that bit of disinformation? Typical journalist.
900s break as often as the other airframes [well maybe a bit more often]
Where are your figures? No biased speculation there then. Ah, but that is explained at the end of this .
And when you sneered at Cambridge's choice of the EXplorer:-
clearly before choosing the Explorer above all others because it was ‘Cheap as chips’
No bias here? Cambridge obviously bought it just because it was cheap? No wonder 902 operators don't talk to you! -----
It is an unfortunate twist that no 900 unit is among those that voluntarile send me material.
Again, top of the class for spelling.
And back to journalistic tendencies:-
one lone journo was consistently saying nasty, unpalatable, things [that he thinks were regularly close to the truth]
Journo rule #1 "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story".
In which case its down to you to point out the errors.
I see now. You just spout what you like as long as you think it's close to the truth. That's OK then and it's up to us then to point out your errors. You could get a job with the Sun with that kind of journalism. Well done. You have made the transition from Helicopter anorak to full-fledged, make-it-up-as-you-go-along, journalist