Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Aircraft Handling

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  1. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    32:52Furious's experimental decks leave lasting compromisesNotable Point
  2. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    9:55Carrier definitions leave aviation weight open to argumentChapter
  3. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    16:21How early carriers recovered aircraft with little machineryNotable Point
  4. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:10:00A Soviet carrier lease would demand an American rebuildQ&A
  5. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    53:24Elevator placement sustains simultaneous flight-deck flowsNotable Point
  6. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:05:40The Arado Ar 95 could replace catapult aircraft at a costQ&A
  7. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    29:24Il-4 controls exhausted pilots on long missionsNotable Point
  8. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    30:30Why tender operations do not scale to fleet carriersNotable Point
  9. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    2:26:11Battleship helicopters replace floatplane handlingChapter
  10. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    37:05Cranes define the seaplane carrierChapter
  11. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    18:36Why Albacore crews missed the Swordfish's agilityNotable Point
  12. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    39:03Better statistics did not make a beloved successorNotable Point
  13. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    14:02Graf Zeppelin's systems worked against one anotherNotable Point
  14. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    28:39Could German liners become light or escort carriers?Q&A
  15. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    35:23A carrier is an aircraft, crew, and doctrine systemNotable Point
  16. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:49:20Aircraft spotting and the declining battlecruiser roleNotable Point
  17. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    15:15A raised aft elevator could turn flexibility into obstructionNotable Point
  18. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    18:54The lower hangar favoured maintenance over rapid sortiesNotable Point
  19. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    17:21Bearn's lifts obstruct aircraft handlingChapter
  20. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    31:47Did Bearn's specialised fighter lift offer an advantage?Q&A
  21. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    1:55:32Could deck-edge lifts have improved Ryujo?Q&A
  22. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:00:43What was the simplest way to improve Bearn?Q&A
  23. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    5:45A carrier system poorly matched to northern watersChapter
  24. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    11:13Rails, trolleys, and the catapult bottleneckChapter
  25. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:15:52What the Soviet postwar assessment says about the designNotable Point
  26. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    38:44Keeping the fifth turret complicates aircraft handlingNotable Point
  27. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    57:07Bearn's handling system and carrier learningNotable Point
  28. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:44:21Bearn's elaborate aircraft-handling systemChapter
  29. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:56:45Joffre's attempt to replace Bearn's operating systemChapter
  30. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    27:10Bearn's two-level hangar turned aircraft flow into rigging workChapter
  31. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    54:00Béarn's suspended-rail aircraft handling systemChapter
  32. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:03:05How were aircraft moved on Béarn's rails?Q&A
  33. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:35:46How were Italian cruiser floatplanes recovered?Q&A
  34. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:52:49Bolzano restores speed under industrial pressureChapter
  35. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    57:48The Des Moines-class aircraft hangar arrangementQ&A
  36. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:24:15Barracuda complexity versus Swordfish simplicityNotable Point
  37. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:24:02The 70-meter deck and catapults compromised both halves of the hybridNotable Point
  38. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    39:50Dunkerque's aft aviation space and secondary-battery tradeoffsNotable Point
  39. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:33:20How was Graf Zeppelin meant to move and launch aircraft?Q&A
  40. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:36:29Where might Bf 109T and carrier trolley plans be found?Q&A
  41. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:36:59Using a carrier lift as a crane can obstruct its main jobNotable Point
  42. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    5:44Béarn's specialized lifts and two-level hangarNotable Point
  43. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    39:20Graf Zeppelin's launch trolleys and catapult bottleneckNotable Point
  44. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    3:48Early carriers solve launch and landing hazardsNotable Point
  45. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:40:35Deck-edge outriggers create parking space and fire separationNotable Point
  46. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    38:55Torpedo release could lift a Swordfish into the barrageNotable Point
  47. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    29:26The Dart and the rise of night carrier operationsChapter