Alternate Methods of Compliance

by | May 13, 2026 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

Airworthiness Directives. Ask an aircraft owner what’s their biggest worry and it’s probably an A.D.. It’s right up there with structural icing and a fire in flight. Even there you’ve got an edge. Good flight planning probably keeps you away...

On the Edge of Your Seat

by | Apr 14, 2026 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

If you look through your logbook, there’s probably an expression with the word “seat” to describe many of your flights. A ringside seat. The hot seat. Left seat. Right seat. The catbird seat. Best seat in the house. A nosebleed seat. Ok, I’ll...

Metal With Mettle

by | Mar 10, 2026 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

One recent day a series of engine data from a Piper Turbo Saratoga showed up for analysis as part of a prebuy examination. With regular (non-prebuy) analysis we’re looking for things that need fixing and in the case of a pre-annual test profile we’re...

This Mortal Coil

by | Feb 12, 2026 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

Shakespeare loved a good pun. Even he might groan at this one. I wanted to write about magnetos and I recently saw “Hamnet” and you know the rest. Usually the format of the Puzzler is I present a scenario and we work through the decision tree to figure out...

Are You Perspicacious?

by | Jan 15, 2026 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

Can you tell I made a New Year’s resolution to kick my vocabulary up a notch? Perspicacious is a hard word to work into conversation but it pretty accurately describes a Puzzler reader. I like this definition — showing an ability to notice and understand...