64 New Book on Engines, General Aviation Maintenance – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation
Aviation News Talk podcast
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🗓️ 6 June 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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64 New Book on Engines, General Aviation Maintenance – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation
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64 Max interviews Mike Busch, 2008 National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year about his new book, Mike Busch on Engines. Mike founded Savvy Aviation, Inc, which includes a concierge maintenance management service, a prebuy management service, an engine monitor data analysis service, and a new 24/7 fast-response breakdown assistance service. His latest book, Mike Busch on Engines: What every aircraft owner needs to know about the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines, was published in March 2018. His first book was Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance.
Mike was born in New York City and grew up in the northeast. After majoring in math in college, he did graduate work in math and business, and soon after moved to the West coast, where he’s been ever since. After college, he worked in the computer industry as a software developer, and he managed major software development projects for corporations including Computer Sciences Corporation, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, Phillips, and Visa.
In 1995, he began working fulltime in the aviation industry, when he cofounded AvWeb.com, a well known aviation news web site. He’s also a prolific writer of articles on maintenance that have appeared in many General Aviation magazines including his monthly maintenance column, “Savvy Maintenance” in AOPA PILOT magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, one of my big beefs with the general aviation maintenance community is the fact |
| 0:08.4 | that mechanics seem to be strong in the therapy department and weak in the diagnosis |
| 0:16.2 | department. |
| 0:17.2 | And I kind of characterize it as saying that A&P mechanics are the surgeons of general aviation |
| 0:23.5 | maintenance. |
| 0:24.5 | They attack airplanes with tools. |
| 0:27.1 | That's what they're comfortable doing. |
| 0:28.6 | And we need to take the same approach with airplanes. |
| 0:32.6 | There needs to be more emphasis on accurate diagnosis and less emphasis on attacking airplanes |
| 0:41.9 | with tools. |
| 0:42.6 | Hello, thank you for joining us for episode 64, the Aviation News Talk podcast, where |
| 0:51.2 | we bring you general aviation news and helpful tips that pilots like you |
| 0:54.5 | can actually use. I'm your host, Max Truscott. Today I'm really excited because we're talking with my |
| 0:59.0 | friend, Mike Bush. Mike is the 2008 National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year, |
| 1:04.6 | and I'm the 2008 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year, so we first met at EAA |
| 1:09.6 | Air Venture in Oshkosh, when the FAA administrator |
| 1:12.7 | presented both of us with our awards. And two years later in 2010, Mike and I both became |
| 1:17.6 | regular monthly columnist for EAA's Sport Aviation Magazine. Today, we're talking with Mike about |
| 1:22.5 | his background and how he transitioned from a career in high tech to working full-time |
| 1:26.6 | in aviation. |
| 1:32.6 | He'll also talk about his new book, Mike Bush on Engines, which was just released last month. |
| 1:36.0 | And we've got links in the show notes that you can click on to order his book. |
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