Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Aircraft Performance

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  1. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    15:01Export engines and the Cyclone's altitude penaltyNotable Point
  2. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    19:25What the F2A-3 specifications offeredChapter
  3. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    23:16The A5M as the Buffalo's contemporary benchmarkNotable Point
  4. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    32:28British equipment made the export Buffalo heavier and weakerNotable Point
  5. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    5:34Catapult carriers could operate the heavy, fast VigilanteNotable Point
  6. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    40:03A ballistic climb carried the Vigilante above 91,000 feetNotable Point
  7. Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 9
    25:14Size, thrust, and the carrier-performance envelopeNotable Point
  8. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    21:24Tracer performance and radar made it a fleet enablerChapter
  9. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    15:21What the Helldiver's performance figures actually showNotable Point
  10. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    23:21What the Albacore says about first impressionsNotable Point
  11. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    41:35The A5M substantially exceeded its speed requirementChapter
  12. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    33:14Flycatcher agility becomes peacetime naval signallingNotable Point
  13. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:01:20Skua accuracy survives its fighter compromiseNotable Point
  14. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    13:47The Westland Whirlwind benchmark tests the counterfactualChapter
  15. Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 5
    10:29PL.2 performance and the value of Blackburn dataNotable Point
  16. Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 5
    15:14The PL.4 develops French fleet reconnaissance and spottingChapter
  17. Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 5
    34:20A multirole PL.10 could simplify Béarn's divided air groupNotable Point
  18. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    10:07Scimitar performance figures and conflicting recordsChapter
  19. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    21:30Supporting early Buccaneers and training naval defensesChapter
  20. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    33:45The Albacore's performance came with much more weightChapter
  21. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    32:55Slow speed was adequate for a long-endurance lookoutNotable Point
  22. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    33:51Long-range fuel exposed Swordfish observers at TarantoNotable Point
  23. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 2
    26:24The Supermarine Baby linked fighter speed with seaplane enduranceChapter
  24. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 2
    31:05The Supermarine Seal served carriers as a flexible search aircraftChapter
  25. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 2
    32:38The Royal Navy's Seagull order kept Supermarine in businessChapter
  26. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 2
    37:47Sea Lion II linked racing performance to industrial renewalNotable Point
  27. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    5:40How Fairey III performance choices reveal its reconnaissance missionNotable Point
  28. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    17:00Why horsepower alone did not make aircraft fasterNotable Point
  29. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:33:37The Roc and the cost of the turret-fighter conceptNotable Point
  30. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    17:10Fulmars: useful patrol fighters with a costly limitationChapter
  31. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    43:34British aircraft specifications as design evidenceChapter