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- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:22:18Skua, Zero and the timing of naval-aircraft comparisonsNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...57:49What a larger Taranto strike might changeChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:01:18More Taranto hits and the limits of Italian repairsNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?45:25Giulio Cesare and the limits of a larger Taranto raidNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)18:12The Blackburn Skua's incompatible rolesChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:32:04A freed Ark Royal transforms the Taranto strikeChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?41:38A triple-carrier Taranto could create lasting superiorityNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:06:57Giulio Cesare's berth frustrates the larger Taranto attackNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:34:23A wartime Royal Navy suddenly equipped with Implacable-class carriersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I2:06:21The circumstantial case for Royal Navy funding of the Vickers sightQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:14Renown, Ark Royal, and the German twinsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:28Vickers' dive-bomb sight and Air Ministry prioritiesQ&A
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy48:12Air Ministry politics leave Britain short of dive bombersChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...41:33Historical damage and Taranto's operational payoffChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...46:39The unrealized two-carrier damage caseNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:00:17Four-carrier air groups and maintenance massChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:18:32The Italian battlefleet after a larger TarantoChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:33:35Albacore and Skua reputations after TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:51A larger-carrier strike calculation for TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:03Twin Wasp power for British naval aircraftQ&A
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...20:39The Ro.43 as the Regia Marina's fleet scoutChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:38:32The Fleet Air Arm also needed continuous design teamsNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:26Wartime wear, Victorious, and the carrier pauseNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:22:01A Taranto exercise shows why dive bombers matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:41Why a common carrier airframe must do more than intercept bombersQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...52:53The Blackburn Skua illustrates discreet Admiralty sponsorshipNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 121:01Why the Royal Navy consulted aircraft designers before formal ordersChapter
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1031:54The Swordfish and Skua as carrier multirole precedentsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!22:27Making attacks count against armoured carriersQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:05:26What a Blackburn Skua successor would improveQ&A
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier16:20How the Royal Navy could counter stand-off guidanceChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier16:39Air Ministry doctrine turns the Skua into a compromiseNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier18:31Guided-weapon intelligence reaches British ship design earlyNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:32:57More Skuas instead of Blackburn RocsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:33:15Would a Hercules engine improve the Blackburn Skua?Q&A
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:25:03The Blackburn Roc was a fighter tied to Skua procurementQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:34:28Blackburn Skuas would give Finland useful air supportQ&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:31:34Did the Royal Navy expect dive-bomber attacks?Q&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built46:11What a 27,000-ton Illustrious could bring to TarantoQ&A
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1058:54How Fleet Air Arm priorities changed by 1943Notable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines46:33Bill Lucy's Skua victories and the limits of paper performanceNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:54:30Fleet Air Arm control returns amid procurement damageChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:01:20Skua accuracy survives its fighter compromiseNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:27:37A Dauntless with the Skua's dive-bombing sightQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:35:05What the Fleet Air Arm would learn from the SBD DauntlessQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:12:21A monoplane Swordfish changes Fleet Air Arm developmentQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time46:50Carrier air groups should be judged against their missionQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s19:32Naval purchasing power and Vickers' dive-bombing sightNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response21:21Royal Navy night attack could bypass Graf Zeppelin's fightersQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response37:15Graf Zeppelin in the Norwegian campaignQ&A
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:03:40Glorious could turn Taranto into a deeper Italian defeatChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:51How Air Ministry priorities weakened Fleet Air Arm enginesNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:34:54Fleet Air Arm aircraft: ageing designs and a failed conceptQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:37:15Carrier suitability mattered more than headline aircraft speedQ&A
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 923:05A strike air group shaped by rough-water experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:48:48A successful Taranto strike could transform the Skua's reputationQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane43:30Converting Blackburn Rocs into more useful SkuasQ&A
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?32:08What earlier Blackburn Skua procurement changesQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:39:23The Fleet Air Arm's fight for dive-bombing toolsChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History37:15Separate naval procurement creates competitionNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:18:41Why naval aircraft needed stronger enginesNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:12:29Naval purchasing power in the contest over aircraft procurementChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response37:03Fleet Air Arm control and informal information networksQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:34:16The Blackburn Skua hid a dive bomber inside a fighter requirementQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video19:30A three-carrier version of the Taranto raidQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:02Skuas could add dive bombing to a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations32:02Hermes as Force H's anti-submarine carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru42:20What Admiral-class carrier conversions could changeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:25:45Recasting the Blackburn Skua as a strike aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions29:04How Air Ministry choices shaped the Roc and SkuaNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:15:07The Skua's accurate dive bombing and limited powerChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:22:23Could the Hawker Henley have replaced the Skua?Q&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different1:24Air-group capacity changes with operationsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different11:20Strike air groups and the limits of deck parkingNotable Point
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/79:31Roc development costs and a more powerful SkuaNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...14:18Treaty tonnage and armoured carrier air groupsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant5:17Ark Royal's early air attacksNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant14:32Skua strike counterfactual against Graf SpeeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant18:25Taranto and Fleet Air Arm public visibilityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber2:21Armoured carriers, air-group mass, and survivabilityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber9:33Glide bombing versus naval dive bombingNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber18:02What the Skua book reveals about naval aviationNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber21:00Blackburn development and the limits of surviving evidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:00:06Could manufacturers profit from frequent new naval aircraft types?Q&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War2:17Blackburn Roc plans show crowded carrier operationsNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 3222:41How historians handle gaps in naval aviation recordsChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI44:30The Flycatcher and Skua show prewar Royal Navy dive-bombing continuityNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos10:24The Blackburn Skua over NorwayNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation7:01Choosing naval aircraft for 1939Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation31:41Choosing the Skua for carrier landingsQ&A
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/48:00A compact cruiser with a wide wartime careerChapter
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:14How the Royal Navy shaped the Skua specificationChapter
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:53Henderson's fighter-dive-bomber specificationNotable Point
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes1:16The Skua's Bristol Perseus engine and Browning armamentNotable Point
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes1:39Königsberg and the Skua's short technological leadChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:24:19Skua turns Henderson's carrier requirement into a fighter-dive-bomberChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:29:28Why the Skua had a flat-looking canopyQ&A
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:31:17Skuas sink Königsberg at Bergen, then suffer in NorwayNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 412:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:11A better British dive-bomber starts with a stronger SkuaQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!12:04Why wartime aircraft began as prewar designsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:01:53Why the Blackburn Skua was not retained as a dive bomberQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:02:46Fighter cover before the modern combat air patrolQ&A