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By Thomas Pohl, Senior Director of Marketing, Aerospace and Defense, SAP Big data in the aviation industry means a lot of data. According to the U.S. National Air Traffic Controllers Association, a total of 87,000 flights are in the skies in the United States on any given day. Data collected by sensors on one aircraft covers more than 300,000 parameters with engine data one of the most important data points captured. The average commercial aircraft  – like the Boeing 737 &ndash....