At Jutland, aircraft could not reliably report what they saw to the fleet, and a machine with a failed radio could not simply land for repairs. Surface forces were hardly able to pause in the middle of battle to recover an aircraft from the sea. Those limitations pushed the Royal Navy toward continuous launch and recovery capability rather than occasional seaplane sorties. Furious became an early practical attempt to provide that persistent aviation support. The proposed recovery path toward the ship's superstructure was extremely hazardous, and early carrier experiments demanded considerable courage from pilots.
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Jutland drives the need for continuous carrier aviation
Aircraft communication and recovery failures at Jutland push the Royal Navy toward flight decks capable of sustained launch and recovery operations.