by Mike Busch | Oct 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
What may you do to your aircraft without A&P involvement? More than you might think. The FAA defines who may perform maintenance on certificated aircraft in FAR 43.3. This rule lists all the usual certificated suspects: mechanics, repair stations, air carriers,...
by Joe Godfrey | Sep 16, 2019 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
It’s that time in the baseball season when teams calculate their magic number – the combination of their wins and losses by others that will clinch the pennant. Computer programmers use the term for something unrelated to baseball. Either way, it seems...
by Mike Busch | Sep 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
The Friendlies are remarkably friendly to Part 91 folks Aircraft owners and pilots love to bash the FAA. We grumble and whine about all the labyrinthine regulations and requirements the Agency burdens us with, and how much it increases our complexity and cost of...
by Joe Godfrey | Aug 17, 2019 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
When it comes to troubleshooting issues with an aircraft engine, it’s probably safe to say that any engine data is better than no data at all. Data from cruise flights can tell us about the airplane’s normal operations, and when we have enough data from an...
by Mike Busch | Aug 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Why aren’t A&Ps trained as well as pilots are? I never really wanted to become an A&P. All I really wanted was to be able to maintain my own airplane without adult supervision. Heck, I’d been doing virtually all the maintenance of my 1979 Cessna Turbo...
