by Joe Godfrey | Mar 14, 2018 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
I just filled out my bracket for this month’s college basketball tournament. If you live outside the US, or you don’t follow sports, it’s an annual ritual where American sports fans try and guess which of 64 teams will win every game over the course...
by Joe Godfrey | Feb 16, 2018 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
Sometimes the data that I gather to write about has an obvious theme. Sometimes I sort of manhandle them into a common theme. This month, it’s more of a collection of independent cases. First up is data from a Cirrus SR22 with a Continental IO-550-N and data...
by Joe Godfrey | Jan 21, 2018 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
One of the most famous and inspirational sayings in aviation and aerospace is “failure is not an option.” If you like the Ron Howard movie Apollo 13, chances are you’d like the book – or the Audible version – about the American space...
by Joe Godfrey | Nov 18, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
In math, a conjecture is a statement you believe to be true based on observations. That sounds like something you could trust and act on. Webster’s says it’s an inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence. That sounds like conclusion jumping that...
by Joe Godfrey | Oct 21, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
NTSB concluded that Eastern flight 401 crashed into the Everglades in 1972 because all three crew members were fixated on a failed landing light. The lemonade was aviation’s adoption of CRM. As valuable as trustworthy engine data can be for the success of a...
