by Joe Godfrey | Feb 19, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
Someone sent me a link this week for a video of a controlled blast triggering an avalanche. That started me thinking about some of my favorite cinematic explosions: Denzel Washington blowing up an oil tanker in “The Equalizer”, Jeremy Renner’s...
by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2017 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Comparing individual aircraft to others of their ilk. Last month, I described some interesting studies my colleagues and I have been doing with “big data” collected from digital engine monitors aboard more than 7,000 airplanes over more than a million flights. We...
by Joe Godfrey | Jan 19, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
As we enter our 5th year of Savvy Analysis Pro, we have – as the guy on TV says – seen a thing or two in terms of the Savvy Test Profile. We decided it was time for an update, and I thought this month’s Puzzler would be an ideal time and place to...
by Mike Busch | Jan 1, 2017 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Analyzing data from a million GA flights can yield interesting results. Pilots have long suspected that when it comes to headwinds and tailwinds, the deck is stacked against them. I think the late Bob Blodget, Senior Editor of FLYING Magazine, captured how most...
