by Joe Godfrey | Jul 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
Franklin P. Jones, a Philadelphia reporter, said that experience is what allows us to recognize a mistake when we make it again. That’s a mildly cynical approach, and the true value of experience should be to recognize the pattern that led to the previous...
by Joe Godfrey | Jun 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
I MIFfed my airplane this week. I was installing the passenger seat in my Bellanca Viking – something I’ve done many, many times over my 26 years of ownership, and broke a weld between the seat frame and the seat rail. It’s not a huge repair, and...
by Joe Godfrey | May 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
Every flight is a series of decisions. Sometimes the decisions are easy — weather’s too bad, pilot’s not feeling good, airplane’s not ready or equipped for the trip. This month’s Puzzler is a series of three flights, each with its own...
by Joe Godfrey | Apr 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
If you’ve been flying LOP in cruise for a while you might forget that not so very long ago operating piston engines LOP was, shall we say – frowned upon. POHs didn’t mention it, except to say don’t do it. Some of the resistance was dismantled...
by Joe Godfrey | Mar 15, 2016 | SavvyAnalysis Puzzlers
What gets your attention when you’re flying? Obviously traffic, terrain and weather get your attention, but let’s narrow it down to events or trends in the engine data that would cause you to consider a precautionary landing. High CHT,...
