by Mike Busch | Nov 1, 2015 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
When pilots screw up, plaintiff lawyers always seem to sue equipment manufacturers. In June 2014, I posted an item to the AOPA Opinion Leaders Blog titled “The Dark Side of Maintenance.” It talked about what I refer to as “maintenance-induced failures” (or “MIFs” for...
by Joe Godfrey | Oct 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
For this Halloween Puzzler I chose three charts. The first was trick-y, and finding the source of the problem was a treat. The next one is a little scary, and the last one is downright spooky. Let’s get started. First up is the Right engine of a Baron...
by Mike Busch | Oct 1, 2015 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Changing competitive landscape in piston GA aircraft and engines. By Mike Busch I just returned from EAA AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, where aviation firms traditionally make major announcements. This year was no exception. One of the most significant announcements to...
by Joe Godfrey | Sep 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
For this back-to-school Puzzler I chose two very different scenarios. Let’s apply our analytical skills and see if we can solve them. First up is a normally aspirated SR-22 with a Continental IO-550-N. This is a test profile flight, with a series of GAMI sweeps...
by Mike Busch | Sep 11, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Suppressing the urge to overreact to and overkill problems. The Bonanza owner encountered an engine problem 11 hours after his aircraft came out of annual. He had crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains VFR at 12,500 feet westbound enroute to the Bay Area, and was...
by Mike Busch | Aug 15, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Cessna gets caught with its hand in the FAA’s cookie jar. On February 10, 2014, the Cessna Aircraft Company did something quite unprecedented in the history of piston GA: It published a revision to the service manual for cantilever-wing Cessna 210-series airplanes...
by Joe Godfrey | Aug 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
While channel surfing recently I tuned into the opening scene of 12 Angry Men. It had been years since I had seen it, so I decided to give it a go. It’s not a flashy movie, it’s in black-and-white, and except for the final scene on the courthouse...
by Mike Busch | Aug 1, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Who decides whether or not your aircraft is airworthy? By Mike Busch My column in the May 2015 issue of EAA Sport Aviation, titled “Fix It Now…Or Fix It Later,” discussed how to deal with mechanical problems on the road. It offered some specific advice about how...
by Joe Godfrey | Jul 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
The web says that big data is a catch-all phrase for data sets that are so large that traditional processing applications are inadequate. Even though Savvy Analysis is just approaching its 3rd birthday, let’s call it a traditional processing application. On my...
by Mike Busch | Jul 1, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
It’s riskier business than most owners or A&Ps realize. Regular readers of this column know how I feel about changing cylinders in the field. I hate it. Especially when several cylinders are changed at one time; this is risky business. Changing them all (the...
