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Lower-income tourist-destinations might not have the same healthcare infrastructure as Canada, the U.S., Germany, etc., so even a small outbreak could overwhelm their hospitals (not sure if this is the case for the Bahamas, specifically). We can forgive them for erring a bit on the paranoid...

Thanks. I hadn't heard about that, so I looked up a news story: an unexpected consequence of Brexit, which caused 25,000 long-haul truckers from other EU countries to leave the UK, then COVID-19, which delayed road tests for new UK truckers to replace them. The net result is that the UK doesn't...

By comparison, my conventional 2013 Mazda 3 Sport (6-speed manual transmission) averages around 6.5 litres/100 km on the highway, or about 36 mpg. With a 50 litre / 13 gallon tank, we fill it up rarely enough — maybe 2x/month when we're not taking a trip somewhere — that it's not worth looking...

With help from Qatar, it looks like Kabul International Airport is fully operational again (not that I'd want to fly there, but I'm still surprised at how fast it happened). There are scheduled domestic flights to Kandahar, and occasional international flights to Islamabad and Dubai. (Please...

Freedom of Speech! (Isn't that what people say whenever they want to explain away something stupid, like in this case flying WAFDOF, not keeping a looking for traffic, and flying on the left side of a mountain pass all at the same time?) :)

Do hybrid cars use full alternative ICE powertrains, or just a fuel-powered generator to top up or supplement the battery?

BTW, I'm still hopeful for things being normal-ish next spring (maybe a slightly-different "normal" than in 2019, but still, one we can live with). That will be two years after the pandemic hit Canada and the U.S. in earnest, and other major disease outbreaks — like the 2014-15 Ebola epidemic in...

Yes, Canada requires the PCR test (both for Americans visiting Canada and for Canadians returning). You can arrange it through many pharmacies, but be careful, because even if you get tested first thing in the morning, they'll often wait until the end of the day to send the tests off to a lab (a...

I agree that this is going to be with us for a while. The U.S. is actually stricter than most other rich countries: it does not allow non-essential travel from Canada via land crossings, for example, while Canada does allow it from the U.S., even though the U.S. new caseload is 3x as high...

I've been doing it all the time during the pandemic just for fun. It's been an interesting change from chasing magenta lines in the clouds at 10,000 ft. I'll look at the map before a flight and decide that I'll be following this power line at 1,500 ft AGL until it intersects that road, then...

On this topic (though not the destination the OP asked about), according to COPA, Canadian Border Services has just reinstated customs at Toronto City Centre (CYYZ), a popular border crossing point from the U.S. and walking distance from Toronto's theatre district, major-league sports stadiums...

This is the new standard for pilots, now. No need to waste time checking, because I'm 100% trustworthy. Go ahead and order one, and you can impress everyone by debuting it at the next big fly in.

It should presumably be more reliable and robust than an app running on a general-purpose tablet (iOS or Android), because Garmin has full control of the hardware, OS, and software, so it doesn't have to deal with a muddle of different hardware, OS releases, and other apps. No "my bluetooth is...

Or GDL 51.

For local flights in a private electic plane, drip charging would be fine: go up for a flight, land, then plug in to a regular electric outlet to recharge overnight, just like people do with their electric cars. It's high-use rental planes or long, multi-stop cross country flights that will be...

I wonder why the U.S. changed that when other countries didn't.

That's 40 kW for a two-plane charging station, so 20 kW/plane.

I really don't think that will happen. The weight equation just doesn't work out for aviation, even assuming the lightest possible composite airframe and a 4x improvement in battery tech. I think we'll see electric airplanes that have decent endurance, decent speed, or decent range, but not...

That's really tough for films set during the mid 1800s, because no producer wants to put their female lead in greasy hair tied back with a severe centre part and covered by a bonnet.

True whether recharging a battery or sitting in the hangar for maintenance on a fussy reciprocating engine with its accessories and fuel system. Time will tell, now that we actually have certified electric planes in flying school fleets.