Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Blackburn Blackburn

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  1. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    44:40Carrier fighters and the problem of warning before radarNotable Point
  2. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    39:02The Blackburn Blackburn as visual airborne early warningChapter
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    50:35Blackburn Blackburn patrols and visual early warningNotable Point
  4. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    3:08:50The least-favourite interwar aircraftQ&A
  5. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:16:49What a Blackburn-style scout could do at JutlandQ&A
  6. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:08:38B-wings, StarFortresses, and the Blackburn Blackburn comparisonQ&A
  7. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:38Blackburn Blackburn and airborne plotting spaceNotable Point
  8. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:01Why the Blackburn Blackburn never saw combatQ&A
  9. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    2:20:31Blackburn Blackburn supplied visual early warningQ&A
  10. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:35:21Could a Blackburn Blackburn carry anti-submarine rockets?Q&A
  11. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:22A Blackburn Blackburn can call in heavier gunsQ&A
  12. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:53:11Flammable fabric treatment on the Blackburn BlackburnQ&A
  13. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:54Why naval reconnaissance requirements shaped the Blackburn BlackburnQ&A
  14. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:19How the Blackburn Blackburn reused the Blackburn DartNotable Point
  15. Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...
    21:21When a radar application is innovation or implementationNotable Point
  16. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    33:33Blackburn Blackburn spotting and early warningNotable Point
  17. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    2:49:22Museum aircraft wishes and why airships countQ&A
  18. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:08:30Airborne early warning expands the carrier's sensor horizonNotable Point
  19. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    57:28Naval aircraft prompts expose AI reference gapsNotable Point
  20. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    2:16:44Blackburn Blackburn meets the ARC-170Notable Point
  21. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    58:38The 1920s aircraft that signals a fleet nearbyQ&A
  22. Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    52:02The Blackburn and the competition for ugliest aircraftNotable Point
  23. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    30:35Competitions accelerate fighters and night flyingChapter
  24. Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 5
    15:14The PL.4 develops French fleet reconnaissance and spottingChapter
  25. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    0:22Why a useful naval-air capability can lose its placeNotable Point
  26. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    8:33Why the Blackburn Blackburn was a fleet spotterChapter
  27. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    17:03An airborne lookout before radarChapter
  28. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    24:58A three-person crew designed to observe and communicateChapter
  29. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    27:26Over-water operations imposed their own equipment burdenNotable Point
  30. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    30:12The navalized Napier Lion traded power for durabilityNotable Point
  31. 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
  32. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    35:02Elite observers pursued higher-altitude warningChapter
  33. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    39:54Fleet spotter flights became enduring naval squadronsChapter
  34. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    49:49Exercises proved the Blackburn's warning valueNotable Point
  35. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    58:34The Avro Bison offered a less successful alternativeChapter
  36. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    2:51:21Blackburn Blackburn aircraft and Béarn's lift designQ&A
  37. Kara Class: Comment Response
    8:15Yak-38 and Blackburn Blackburn: looks versus utilityQ&A
  38. Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation
    34:45The Blackburn’s information-warfare roleNotable Point
  39. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    52:08The early carrier as an information systemChapter
  40. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:13:15Mediterranean fighter protection and layered air defenceChapter
  41. Alex & Drach @ Haida (live)
    11:41Is there a Blackburn Blackburn at the museum?Q&A
  42. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:17:35Why a Blackburn Blackburn question became a Swordfish lessonQ&A
  43. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    4:02:26The Blackburn Blackburn's place in early carrier ASWQ&A
  44. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    30:26The Blackburn Blackburn as an early Istar aircraftNotable Point
  45. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    1:02:15A Blackburn Blackburn successor might have become an early-warning aircraftQ&A
  46. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    10:55The Blackburn Blackburn as a dedicated fleet spotterNotable Point
  47. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    4:57Could Blackburn aircraft replace the Swordfish?Q&A
  48. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    0:08Why the R.1 became the Blackburn BlackburnNotable Point
  49. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    0:59Dart components simplified Fleet Air Arm sparesChapter
  50. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    1:45Cabin space for long reconnaissance sortiesNotable Point
  51. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    2:12Deck-landing visibility and defensive gunsNotable Point
  52. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    2:45A full-depth fuselage for three crew and fuelNotable Point
  53. Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video
    3:28Landing gear for early carrier arresting wiresNotable Point
  54. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:18:20Shared parts versus a genuinely multirole carrier aircraftQ&A
  55. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    58:46How the Blackburn Blackburn acquired its doubled nameNotable Point