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Author: 69BookWorM69

Jul 25th 2012 at 7:11:24 AM

The use of helicopters for the sake of it, or to go over-the-top in some fashion (as in the ''BrewstersMillions'' and ''ItHappenedOneNight'' examples) might be tropeable. Even the radio example to me is bordering ([=YMMV=]); [=IIRC=] most such traffic reports make a point of having the audio include the noise from the chopper to enhance whole idea that the reporter is literally on top of the situation.

Contrast this with instances where helicopters are more expected (media about modern wars) or even practical (say, [[MagnumPI T.C.'s helicopter charter service in the multi-island state of Hawaii]]).

I'm not sure where to place this literary example. Is it quite what the OP wants?

* In ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity's Christmas]]'', when a vagrant collapses unconscious in Lori and Bill's driveway, the couple bring him inside. Willis Sr. calls in an [=RAF=] rescue helicopter to transport the man to hospital in Oxford (in part because the roads were blocked after a blizzard). Various neighbours express astonishment when they repeatedly ask Lori, "Did you really call out the [=RAF=] to rescue a tramp?" Peggy Kitchen ("shopkeeper, postmistress, and undisputed mistress of Finch") roared, "In a helicopter! Seems the lap of luxury to me."

Clearly, some of the ''characters'' think the use of the helicopter is excessive, but the audience?