by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Doug and Andy lavished their 1969 Cessna 182M Skylane with both love and money. Two years ago they’d treated her to a zero-time Continental O-470-R. To make sure they were treating the new engine properly, they’d upgraded their engine monitor to a spiffy new...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“Would you please take a look at my October 21 flight?” Matt posted on a SavvyAnalysis ticket. Matt owns a Glasair Sportsman 2+2 powered by a Lycoming YIO-390-EXP experimental engine. “At about 50 minutes into the data, I was doing a preflight mag check,” Matt...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“I’m having a problem with the radios,” Charlie reported to his SavvyMx account manager Eric Svelmoe. “They’re stuck on receive mode. Both have the RX indicator illuminated and putting lots of background static in my headset continuously.” Charlie had...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Did you know that today is the 117th anniversary of the first breakdown in aviation history? To mark the occasion we are announcing a $50 price reduction in our SavvyBreakdown service! On December 14th 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first attempt at powered...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Dick loved his 1966 Mooney M20E. It was a magic carpet that let him and his wife travel all over the East Coast from their home base in North Carolina. Although the airplane was more than 50 years old, Dick had had it painted with a fancy new paint scheme, retrofitted...
