Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Aircraft Catapults

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    1:23:42The infrastructure cost of CATOBAR independenceChapter
  2. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:28:58Who proposed the rocket-assisted catapult idea?Q&A
  3. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:57:01How would the Navy justify an interwar catapult carrier?Q&A
  4. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:17Could a Meteor be launched from a carrier catapult?Q&A
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:38:30The limits of adding catapults to amphibious assault shipsQ&A
  6. Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s
    8:54Recoverable Queen Bees gave fleets realistic moving targetsNotable Point
  7. Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s
    25:29Why Argus was worth investing in through 1942Notable Point
  8. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:38:36Midships or stern: where should a cruiser catapult go?Q&A
  9. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:39:07Why one cruiser class could carry different aircraftQ&A
  10. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:46:32Cruiser catapults as launchers for Queen Bee target dronesNotable Point
  11. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:49Unusual aircraft and test vehicles launched from carriersQ&A
  12. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    3:15:47Why a world without Harrier still gives assault ships launch aidsQ&A
  13. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    3:30:13Why rocket-assisted takeoff displaced rocket catapultsQ&A
  14. Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 5
    16:34Seagull endurance and catapult experienceNotable Point
  15. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    40:53Match the flight deck to aircraft and operational aimsChapter
  16. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    41:41Trace how carrier launch and recovery gear evolvedNotable Point
  17. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    3:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
  18. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    6:54A floating support system for transatlantic airmailChapter
  19. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    11:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
  20. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    17:24Schwabenland's airmail, Antarctic, and wartime careersChapter
  21. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    28:14A surface-ship catapult was not a carrier acceleratorNotable Point
  22. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    34:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
  23. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    35:30Graf Zeppelin's systems risked technological inertiaNotable Point
  24. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:12:15Furious reveals the maneuvering demands of flight operationsChapter
  25. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    22:45John Collett's case for a flying-deck cruiserChapter
  26. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    12:27Why carrier bridges stayed in the islandQ&A
  27. Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 2
    28:53Aircraft capacity competed with wartime stowageNotable Point
  28. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    44:37Akagi's multiple decks could not keep pace with aircraft growthChapter
  29. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    35:31How early carriers launched and kept aircraft on deckNotable Point
  30. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:34:11Were lower flying-off decks like hangar catapults?Q&A
  31. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:36:25How would a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier rank in 1940?Q&A
  32. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    15:16Did cruiser gunfire force scout planes overboard?Q&A
  33. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:34:40Hydraulic aircraft catapults before steamQ&A
  34. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    28:03How warship floatplane launches became routineQ&A
  35. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:05:08A post-1943 Hood would surrender her own aircraft facilitiesQ&A
  36. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    1:55:04Why a Fletcher-class destroyer was too small for useful aircraft launchesQ&A
  37. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:24:02The 70-meter deck and catapults compromised both halves of the hybridNotable Point
  38. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    11:28Walrus procurement, Commonwealth logistics, and rugged designChapter
  39. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    30:48Mislabeled archives may hide the missing fighterNotable Point
  40. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    39:20Graf Zeppelin's launch trolleys and catapult bottleneckNotable Point
  41. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    15:43Hood's shipboard-aircraft experiments met practical limitsNotable Point