Fiddly Bits

by | Apr 18, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

If there were a TV show where I could watch A&Ps, or just plain owners, swinging wrenches on airplanes, I’d probably watch. I’d at least give it a look. Ice Pilots and Flying Wild Alaska and Airplane Repo tend more toward the challenges of...

Pi in the Sky

by | Mar 17, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

How can rational numbers be so irrational? Actually, upon examination what we discover is that there’s usually a perfectly logical explanation for why an engine parameter is displaying its pattern. Even the impossible jumps from a failing probe have a logical...

Fire in the Hole

by | Feb 19, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

Someone sent me a link this week for a video of a controlled blast triggering an avalanche. That started me thinking about some of my favorite cinematic explosions: Denzel Washington blowing up an oil tanker in “The Equalizer”, Jeremy Renner’s...

Ace the Test

by | Jan 19, 2017 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

As we enter our 5th year of Savvy Analysis Pro, we have – as the guy on TV says – seen a thing or two in terms of the Savvy Test Profile. We decided it was time for an update, and I thought this month’s Puzzler would be an ideal time and place to...

Corroboration

by | Dec 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers

Corroboration – evidence that supports a proposition that already has some supporting evidence – is an important component of engine data analysis. Corroboration can come from other data, or from the pilot who submits the analysis request. In analyzing the...