by Joe Godfrey | May 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
It’s wedding season. When my wife hosts a wedding shower, she organizes a game. She puts small kitchen items into brown paper lunch bags – one per bag – and ties a ribbon around each one. Each guest ties the ribbon around their neck and hangs a bag...
by Mike Busch | May 1, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
You’re on a trip when a mechanical arises. First you mutter the obligatory expletives, and then you must decide: Should you get the problem fixed now, or live with it until you get home? Nothing is more frustrating than dealing with mechanical problems on the road....
by Joe Godfrey | Apr 15, 2015 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
Last week I heard an oldie but goodie. A couple of veteran pilots were talking to a new pilot about flying single engine planes over rough terrain at night. One of the high-timers said “If the engine quits, you pick a spot, turn on the landing light and if you...
by Mike Busch | Apr 1, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Oleopneumatic shock struts use hydraulic fluid, compressed gas, and darn clever engineering to improve our landings. If every one of our landings were a “greaser” and if runways never had bumps or potholes, then the landing gear on our airplanes could be dead simple....
by Mike Busch | Mar 15, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Most of us are still flying (and driving) behind powerplant technology that dates from the 19th century. The original four-stroke Otto-cycle internal-combustion engine was patented in 1862 by a Frenchman named Alphonse Beau de Rochas. More scientist than engineer, de...
