You clearly misunderstand what my 'rag' is about.
It is about news.
Someone .....
buying a new aircraft......
offering a new aircraft...
modifying an existing aircraft ....
ditto equipment....
potentially interesting people moving ....
accidents...
aircraft companies in trouble .... [MD and Enstrom in the main at the moment]
how about the negative US reaction to Chirac and its effect on Eurocopter ....
It is not really about day-to-day operations in the sense you request. There are reports on major events - and each MD900/EC135/BK117 and A109 is hard at work most days.
But if they do something great, perhaps snatch a kid from the sea/snow/ice ... that news. Or if apparently nearly dead show up in the news [Norfolk] thats potentially news.
If Police Aviation News was about the day-to-day I could fill the 26 pages overnight tonight like a flight log but [just like police work] the ordinary is bleedin boring - even in an MD900.
The biggest operator of the MD900 is indeed my own back yard, and I do not 'refuse to acknowledge them or the fine work they accomphlish'. There have been recent reports on HEMS and Sussex.
As for the people who work so hard fundraising at a local level to keep these aircraft flying..... I can only report what I find. It is an unfortunate twist that no 900 unit is among those that voluntarile send me material.
If I were not passionate or interested about the industry I would have gone years ago. What big people in the big jobs.... machines and the people who operate them .... day-to-day stuff is pretty boring but I do carry stories of rescues off the south coast.... special events ... Sussex playing with a group of volunteers regardless of make or origin. If its Daily Mail page 20 its never likely to be real news... and worse still if its Brighton Mail page 10....
As for dragging Heli-Ops into the arena you are comparing chalk-with-cheese. What has Heli-Ops got to do with news? It is a very good looking pictorial spread and one way of presenting the 'bleedin boring' in an ever so acceptable way.
It is also a great way for showing Ned's great photos.
As for fund-raisers ... er.... have you not read the EMS section every month? OK so its about BO105s, AS355s, A109s and EC15s ... but that is the news that comes in [and that is often obtained at a struggle] perhaps you should tell your
PR dept to make sure I get a few press releases. I am not a mind reader.
I really think you need to take off the blinkers.