Officers in different navies who favored aircraft carriers were talking to one another. Their exchanges allowed experience and arguments for naval aviation to circulate across national boundaries. Formal policy and national programmes were only part of the change because specialist communities also learned from foreign counterparts. These professional connections helped carrier advocacy develop during the interwar period.
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Carrier advocates exchanged ideas across navies
Pro-carrier officers in different countries discussed their ideas with one another instead of working within separate national circles.