Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Carrier Air Groups

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:48:15Checking the aircraft in a carrier air groupNotable Point
  2. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    17:55Carrier limits force choices between hull numbers and capabilityChapter
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    43:53A new carrier based on the G3 hull formNotable Point
  4. 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
  5. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    1:25:59Larger carrier development changes the Yorktown pathNotable Point
  6. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    56:36Why keeping four fighters airborne can require eighteen aircraftNotable Point
  7. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    16:00Tailoring Invincible's air groupNotable Point
  8. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    34:41Choosing a carrier air group for its intended jobsChapter
  9. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    58:41The enlarged carrier's baseline air groupNotable Point
  10. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    1:01:12A larger air group for sea controlChapter
  11. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    1:14:18More aircraft allow a stronger alert forceNotable Point
  12. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    37:03Could small fast carriers guide battlecruiser hunter groups?Q&A
  13. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    38:27Why larger carrier air groups can create deck congestionNotable Point
  14. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:57:35The supercarrier label begins with ForrestalNotable Point
  15. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    52:10How many carriers the Regia Marina neededQ&A
  16. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    44:06More fighters at Midway: capability has a priceQ&A
  17. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    18:12The Blackburn Skua's incompatible rolesChapter
  18. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    19:07How the Swordfish and Fulmar combined compatible rolesNotable Point
  19. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    43:42Overlapping aircraft fleets smooth capability gapsChapter
  20. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:52:39A forty-two-aircraft Invincible air groupNotable Point
  21. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    2:22:43Gripen for CAP and F-35B for carrier strikeQ&A
  22. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:11:58Could a different air group make Clemenceau a Midway rival?Q&A
  23. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    20:36Aircraft maintenance demands shape Hermes's operating rateNotable Point
  24. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:23:25More Japanese carriers would require more pilotsChapter
  25. Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...
    1:05:11Embarked air groups test carrier support capacityNotable Point
  26. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:31Building a late-war carrier air group from Mosquitoes, Avengers, Barracudas, and Sea FuriesQ&A
  27. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:06:54Why a carrier's aircraft total may include many sparesNotable Point
  28. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    1:25:28Purpose-built carriers enable a two-wave attackChapter
  29. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:40A three-pod air group for Deep Space NineNotable Point
  30. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    34:13Shokaku and Zuikaku transform the raidChapter
  31. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    37:07Shokaku-class air groups and strike compositionNotable Point
  32. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    45:01Fire kills and the case for more dive bombersNotable Point
  33. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:10:54The hypothetical six-carrier British forceChapter
  34. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    35:50Rebuilding an Imperial Star Destroyer after YavinQ&A
  35. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:23:30Trading ground-force space for a Star Destroyer's fighter forceQ&A
  36. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    4:22Treaty tonnage forced armor-versus-air-group choicesNotable Point
  37. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    16:20Deck parking could expand British carrier air groupsNotable Point
  38. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    45:13Large carriers concentrate more usable air powerNotable Point
  39. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    5:51:09Why a navy might pair CATOBAR and STOVL carriersQ&A
  40. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:31:07How fewer aircraft types make room for more carrier sparesNotable Point
  41. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    4:27:09Designing a 1,200-metre fictional Star Destroyer successorQ&A
  42. Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!
    30:10Air groups shrank as Japan lost pilots, fitters, and aircraftChapter
  43. Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!
    37:09Nearly finished carriers that Japan could not useChapter
  44. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    29:23The cost of uncoordinated Midway air attacksChapter
  45. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
  46. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:41:40Extending Queen Elizabeth-class carriers at midlifeQ&A
  47. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:00:17Four-carrier air groups and maintenance massChapter
  48. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:30:48Leaving Zuikaku behind while breaking doctrine elsewhereChapter
  49. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:35:43Aircraft replacement shortfalls weakened Japan before MidwayNotable Point
  50. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:05:59Could Zuikaku have served as a fighter carrier?Q&A
  51. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:44How Implacable rebuilds could postpone carrier obsolescenceNotable Point
  52. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    1:02:23Japan can concentrate the Pearl Harbor strike package at seaNotable Point
  53. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    50:14A Kirov-derived Soviet light fleet carrierNotable Point
  54. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:24:48More carriers bring a larger Swordfish strike to TarantoChapter
  55. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:13:56Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
  56. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:23:13Sea Hurricanes could use Indomitable's liftsNotable Point
  57. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:00An enlarged Ark Royal design with room for about 90 aircraftNotable Point
  58. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:47:48Large Admiral conversions could preserve a naval Fleet Air ArmQ&A
  59. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    1:31:39What Zuikaku needed to reach MidwayQ&A
  60. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:56:35The air group of an Admiral-class carrier conversionQ&A
  61. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:31:27Why Taiho's hangar size did not guarantee a full air groupQ&A
  62. Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...
    1:38:01Why Queen Elizabeth carrier air groups need more aircraftNotable Point
  63. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    4:54:39Why late-war US carriers carried more fightersQ&A
  64. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    1:37:24Why fleet-carrier air groups organize around blocks of eighteenQ&A
  65. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    4:52:53Why fitting 130 Hornets would make a Nimitz less effectiveQ&A
  66. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    34:50Eagle's balanced 1924 air group enters Mediterranean serviceChapter
  67. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    51:05How flight organization limited senior naval-aviation experienceNotable Point
  68. So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?
    59:16A massed British night strike meets JapanChapter
  69. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    27:21Large hangars and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
  70. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    47:57How a larger carrier could change the Glorious encounterNotable Point
  71. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:29:52A four-carrier replacement cycle for the 1980sChapter
  72. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:34:02A defensive carrier for reinforcing northern NorwayNotable Point
  73. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:40:54A British fleet-defense fighter after Sea VixenChapter
  74. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:47:32Use V/STOL fighters to launch air defense fasterNotable Point
  75. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:53:21A 1980s carrier fleet still serving with F-35sNotable Point
  76. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:57:47Catapults and the cost of reducing carrier capacityChapter
  77. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    2:00:31Would catapult-equipped Queen Elizabeth carriers need to be larger?Q&A
  78. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    2:14:59Project Ark Royal and a mixed carrier air groupChapter
  79. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    2:16:27Autonomous evasion and the next carrier dronesNotable Point
  80. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    14:03Béarn's air group and national independenceChapter
  81. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    17:58A flexible air group and fighter doctrineChapter
  82. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    6:54Aircraft capability determines the value of a carrierNotable Point
  83. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    49:25Kinkaid, Nagumo, and the forces at Santa CruzChapter
  84. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    51:16Design choices shaped the forces behind the totalsNotable Point
  85. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    57:11Wasp would have added a third American flight deckNotable Point
  86. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:03:47Simultaneous searches trigger the battleChapter
  87. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
  88. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
  89. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:23:05Flight-deck operations constrained evasive maneuverNotable Point
  90. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:25:22Enterprise survives the second waveChapter
  91. Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 9
    36:18VF-51 and Essex-class carrier adaptabilityNotable Point
  92. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    26:20An armoured Ark Royal and its ninety-aircraft groupNotable Point
  93. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    47:11The Royal Navy's incremental path to a mixed air groupChapter
  94. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    58:06MQ-25 Stingray extends the carrier air wingChapter
  95. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    1:07:58Which carrier-air roles should become uncrewed first?Notable Point
  96. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    1:10:18Airborne early warning is more than a sensorChapter
  97. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    1:19:36Every mixed carrier air group must solve the space problemNotable Point
  98. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    43:40Hermes and Invincible reveal the practical limits of air-group sizeNotable Point
  99. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:41:53Kiev traded aircraft space for a heavy cruiser weapons fitChapter
  100. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:56:04Through-deck cruisers proved both the value and limits of small carriersChapter
  101. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
    4:06:29Replacing every Essex with a Midway-class carrierQ&A
  102. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    28:32Bonaventure as Canada's anti-submarine centrepieceChapter
  103. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    36:28Japan invasion planning and fighter-carrier survivalNotable Point
  104. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    37:13Italy: completing the Littorios and adding carrier aviationChapter
  105. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    45:19Germany: Plan Z's quality-quantity trapChapter
  106. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    38:21Carrier air groups widen the task group's defensive onionNotable Point
  107. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    12:51Carrier air power as Japanese offset strategyNotable Point
  108. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:02:50Midway carrier losses and air-group attritionChapter
  109. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:07:53Hiryu's last airworthy aircraft and forward flight-deck collapseNotable Point
  110. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    14:00Hiyo class and Japan's conversion gambleChapter
  111. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    22:08Independence class as a flight-deck gap fillerChapter
  112. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    39:47The kokutai hierarchy combined flying and supportChapter
  113. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    45:09Carrier launch formations followed multiples of threeChapter
  114. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    57:09Land and carrier kokutai used different compositionsNotable Point
  115. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    1:05:13An indigenous structure defies Western equivalentsChapter
  116. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:03:39Large air groups inside low armored hangarsChapter
  117. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:17:47Implacable's 81-aircraft Pacific groupChapter
  118. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    16:38Why the Buccaneer made a better buddy tankerQ&A
  119. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    37:53CVA-01 air groups with P.1154 and CL-84 descendantsQ&A
  120. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:17:42When carrier air groups began flying aboardQ&A
  121. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    6:40Shokaku's speed, flight deck, and air groupChapter
  122. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    13:09What Shokaku gained over HiryuNotable Point
  123. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    23:23Implacable's armor, speed, and 81-aircraft capacityNotable Point
  124. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    25:31Treaty-free carrier size and growing aircraftNotable Point
  125. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
  126. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    50:27Essex class mass production and deck-load strikeChapter
  127. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    34:21Why minutes on a carrier deck become combat distanceNotable Point
  128. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    50:47Elite pilot selection for a short warNotable Point
  129. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    59:27Zuikaku's shrinking late-war air groupNotable Point
  130. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    1:04:09Coral Sea aircrew losses and the absence from MidwayNotable Point
  131. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:00:04Ark Royal and Illustrious split British carrier prioritiesChapter
  132. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    3:24:35French Wildcat, Dauntless, and Vindicator ordersQ&A
  133. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:08:05Why does a four-aircraft CAP need eighteen fighters?Q&A
  134. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:28:37Do hangar positions make some aircraft fly more often?Q&A
  135. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:58:32Fleet carriers and supercarriers answer different national needsNotable Point
  136. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    9:30Sims turns carriers into offensive weaponsChapter
  137. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    24:49Reeves turns war-game ideas into deck practiceChapter
  138. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    48:18Lexington and Saratoga prove battle and raiding doctrineChapter
  139. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:04:23Treaty limits collide with large-carrier doctrineNotable Point
  140. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:18:47Carrier exercises expose first-blow and Pearl Harbor risksNotable Point
  141. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:29:41Yorktown turns first-strike doctrine into ship designChapter
  142. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
  143. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:51:27Essex production scales the doctrine while exposing its limitsChapter
  144. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    38:28CVA-01 with P.1154 supersonic HarriersQ&A
  145. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:15:32How larger light carriers reshape later carrier designQ&A
  146. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    23:26Graf Zepplinski becomes the Red Fleet's carrier schoolhouseChapter
  147. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    29:00The first air group favors rugged, easy-to-fly aircraftNotable Point
  148. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    49:31Carrier aviation moves toward multi-role jets and AEWNotable Point
  149. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:13:17How would Soviet naval aviation integrate with the carrier?Q&A
  150. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    15:10Langley gives the US Navy a small carrier laboratoryChapter
  151. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    23:33Lexington and Saratoga expose carrier-gun tradeoffsNotable Point
  152. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    25:28Langley exercises make torpedo air attack a fleet problemNotable Point
  153. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    55:42Fleet Air Arm institutions shape Hermes's small air groupNotable Point
  154. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    1:37:42The Etendard IV as a new weapon for the Clemenceau classQ&A
  155. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:43:17How aircraft commonality changes carrier logisticsQ&A
  156. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:11:23Would the Japanese carriers bring Zeroes or Claudes?Q&A
  157. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:12:56The aircraft available for an enlarged Taranto strikeNotable Point
  158. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:20:39The proposed Helldiver is the earlier SBC biplaneNotable Point
  159. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    24:11Build the air group from simultaneous missionsChapter
  160. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    27:49Build maintenance and loss margin into the air groupChapter
  161. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    33:49See how a balanced air group reaches sixty aircraftNotable Point
  162. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    21:46How could fighters escort a longer-ranged Helldiver strike?Q&A
  163. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    29:27How German floatplane scouts could change escort-carrier air groupsNotable Point
  164. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    35:44Why eighteen aircraft became a carrier minimumNotable Point
  165. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    36:18Invincible's changing helicopters and tailored air groupsNotable Point
  166. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    43:19How carrier missions build an air group of sixty or more aircraftChapter
  167. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    48:55Carrier capability and Argentine expectations before the Falklands WarNotable Point
  168. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    54:34Would carrier work-up delay the Courageous class beyond 1916?Q&A
  169. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    42:41Carrier air groups sustain local air powerChapter
  170. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    58:25Invincible-class size and air-group resilienceChapter
  171. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    46:11What a 27,000-ton Illustrious could bring to TarantoQ&A
  172. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    46:44Why experienced aircrews saw an obsolete ideaNotable Point
  173. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    54:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
  174. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:08:56The Helldiver's procurement lessonChapter
  175. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    28:31A composite squadron supplied an escort carrier's entire air groupNotable Point
  176. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    32:04The Barracuda belonged to a disrupted plan for a modern carrier air groupChapter
  177. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    43:34Gannet patrols made long-range ASW a form of operational deterrenceChapter
  178. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    28:46A working definition of the space carrierChapter
  179. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    32:31Why carrier air groups can be built in modules of eighteenNotable Point
  180. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    39:42Can a fighter ever be purely defensive?Q&A
  181. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    41:01The Venator is misused as a battleshipChapter
  182. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:28:28When the air wing rivals the carrier's costNotable Point
  183. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:34:13Castle Federation makes carrier dynamics matterChapter
  184. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:35:53Avalon's flight deck and the time to launch a whole air groupNotable Point
  185. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    2:14:14Mixed crewed and drone air groups multiply a carrierNotable Point
  186. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    3:39:51What military hardware could $140 billion buy or operate?Q&A
  187. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    3:59:37Galactica fights with half its aviation capacityNotable Point
  188. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
  189. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    16:10Why carrier-numbered air groups broke down in wartimeChapter
  190. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    18:15Why escort and fleet carriers needed different air groupsNotable Point
  191. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    41:05Moffett's need for descriptive squadron labelsChapter
  192. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    49:43Lexington and Saratoga's carrier-numbered squadronsChapter
  193. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    1:04:12Reorganization versus institutional continuityChapter
  194. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    14:49The 1917 flying-off deck and its mixed air groupChapter
  195. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    30:41Why carrier aircraft totals are difficult to compareNotable Point
  196. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
  197. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:17:16Would larger British carriers carry larger air wings?Q&A
  198. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:22:16A 35,000-ton Invincible-class air groupQ&A
  199. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    17:15Counterfactuals expose procurement dependenciesNotable Point
  200. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    34:28Why an early massed strike on Tokyo was too riskyChapter
  201. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:19:27Raids seized the initiative while training the carrier forceNotable Point
  202. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:58:54A plausible CVA-01 air group from Buccaneer to Super HornetQ&A
  203. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    38:36What combat experience added before Coral Sea and MidwayQ&A
  204. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    48:40The carriers, air groups, and machinery behind the raidsChapter
  205. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    51:13Furious uses two flight decks to keep fighters movingNotable Point
  206. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    52:39Mixed air groups make new aircraft safer to learnNotable Point
  207. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:28:22The whole carrier air group trains for night warChapter
  208. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:38:51Six-aircraft flights attack from several bearingsNotable Point
  209. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:04:53Ark Royal and Illustrious divide strike and survival prioritiesChapter
  210. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:21:58Ark Royal balances protection against aircraft growthNotable Point
  211. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:50:56Why American aircraft would reshape Royal Navy carrier doctrineQ&A
  212. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:55:54Why twelve aircraft is a normal carrier squadronQ&A
  213. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    14:25American and British torpedo bombers served different doctrinesNotable Point
  214. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    16:49A joint F-35 force shaped by squadron identityNotable Point
  215. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    43:11Carrier systems make a six-aircraft flight deck uneconomicQ&A
  216. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    46:50Carrier air groups should be judged against their missionQ&A
  217. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    44:37Fleet carriers versus light fleet carriersChapter
  218. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:02:48Why Queen Elizabeth can be a fleet or strike carrierNotable Point
  219. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:04:43What makes a supercarrier more than a fleet carrierChapter
  220. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:08:09Aircraft carried and the operational air group measure different thingsNotable Point
  221. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:15:14A carrier's air group is its most adaptable armamentNotable Point
  222. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:24:41CATOBAR, STOBAR, and V/STOL shape the air groupNotable Point
  223. 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
  224. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    35:36Could a 10,000-ton Ranger be useful?Q&A
  225. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:28:44Light fleet carriers, fleet carriers, and supercarriersChapter
  226. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:59:20Aircraft carried are not the same as an operational air groupNotable Point
  227. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    2:02:35Carrier length rankings mix capacity with political statusNotable Point
  228. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    2:11:49Mission and future air groups define the carrierChapter
  229. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    22:45John Collett's case for a flying-deck cruiserChapter
  230. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    36:37Ryūjō's treaty-driven design and stability problemsChapter
  231. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    39:10Ryūjō's practical 1942 air groupChapter
  232. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    40:54Japan's choice between stronger strikes and more flight decksNotable Point
  233. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    51:04A 1924 flight-deck-cruiser counterfactualNotable Point
  234. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    38:25How navies preserve or replace aviation squadron identitiesNotable Point
  235. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    18:35Front-line carrier service and a new tanker missionChapter
  236. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    19:20A multirole aircraft squeezed between specialistsChapter
  237. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    2:30:20Turboprops give British carriers larger, more reliable air groupsChapter
  238. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    43:11Six-aircraft flights suited continuous early warningChapter
  239. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    52:31Specialist flights could have changed British carrier capacityNotable Point
  240. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    0:51Why Ranger and Wasp remained experimental carriersQ&A
  241. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    18:47Piston-era air groups for Midway and MaltaQ&A
  242. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    28:08Galactica and Pegasus as rival carrier doctrinesQ&A
  243. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:49:56Continuous strikes shaped the Illustrious classNotable Point
  244. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    1:27North Atlantic weather changes the carrier air-group comparisonQ&A
  245. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    3:22Graf Zeppelin's small air group forced an escort-and-range trade-offNotable Point
  246. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    43:27Why launching 24 aircraft was not enoughQ&A
  247. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    10:48Atlantic weather makes hangar stowage decisiveNotable Point
  248. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:13:01German carriers reshape the Illustrious programChapter
  249. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:18:02Would Britain rush light carriers into production?Q&A
  250. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:32:00Fi 167 speed does not guarantee air superiorityNotable Point
  251. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:49:20Aircraft spotting and the declining battlecruiser roleNotable Point
  252. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:58:58Larger allowances preserve different British and American carrier prioritiesNotable Point
  253. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    33:35The Malta class could have operated an F-14-era air groupQ&A
  254. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    23:05An air group built around Phantom and BuccaneerNotable Point
  255. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    29:11Leaving room for larger successor aircraftChapter
  256. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    10:18A carrier scaled for larger wartime aircraftNotable Point
  257. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    22:21A high hangar for aircraft and maintenanceNotable Point
  258. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    23:45Four shafts, speed, and the practical air groupNotable Point
  259. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    3:40:07Graf Zeppelin needs an air group and supporting forceNotable Point
  260. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    36:57Comparing carrier air wings for a war delayed to 1942Q&A
  261. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    45:52Why a navalised Typhoon must justify its hangar spaceQ&A
  262. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    36:35Carrier size follows the air groupQ&A
  263. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    43:07Charles de Gaulle and the size of future carrier aircraftNotable Point
  264. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    50:46Why the Royal Navy valued twin-engine carrier aircraftQ&A
  265. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    12:00Ark Royal as the fleet's alpha-strike carrierChapter
  266. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    23:05A strike air group shaped by rough-water experienceNotable Point
  267. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    34:07The single-seat fighter Illustrious was meant to carryNotable Point
  268. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    35:03Why a carrier's aircraft total can misleadNotable Point
  269. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    38:38Why Illustrious worked up at BermudaNotable Point
  270. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    40:03Why Fulmars needed a standing combat air patrolNotable Point
  271. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    55:20Why long-range carrier aircraft carried navigatorsNotable Point
  272. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:08:23Deck parking leaves room to maintain aircraftNotable Point
  273. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:23:55Flexible air groups in the Eastern FleetChapter
  274. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:27:39Why a carrier force needed a spare landing deckNotable Point
  275. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:54:39Estimating the air group with deck-edge liftsNotable Point
  276. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    10:56Armor placement and the Pacific strike roleChapter
  277. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    33:09Eastern Solomons damage and Pearl Harbor repairChapter
  278. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    49:06Carrier growth made preservation impracticalNotable Point
  279. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    56:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
  280. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    30:33Were monoplane aircraft planned for Bearn?Q&A
  281. Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation
    44:41Why the specialist night shadower lost its carrier spaceNotable Point
  282. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    11:13Rails, trolleys, and the catapult bottleneckChapter
  283. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:05:27How Graf Zeppelin’s air group changed with its missionNotable Point
  284. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:53:54Combining a larger air group with an armoured hangarNotable Point
  285. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:57:47Fleet patrols and a concentrated carrier night strikeNotable Point
  286. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    2:03:44Night flying, landing aids and theatre-dependent deck parkingNotable Point
  287. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
  288. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    59:56Why carrier-conversion efficiency is not the whole comparisonQ&A
  289. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:31:57Naval constructors designed around treaty accountingNotable Point
  290. Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 76
    2:15:32Scout-carrier air groups change with their stationNotable Point
  291. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    19:00Aircraft growth, deck parking, and British carrier doctrineNotable Point
  292. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    45:48Multi-role twin-engine air groups and availabilityChapter
  293. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:20French innovation versus carrier weaknessChapter
  294. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
  295. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:44:21Bearn's elaborate aircraft-handling systemChapter
  296. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:56:13Bearn's 875-person complementQ&A
  297. 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
  298. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:06:00Why France lacked a mature carrier-aircraft programQ&A
  299. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    11:02Eighteen fighters as a minimum sustained patrol groupQ&A
  300. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:36:25How would a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier rank in 1940?Q&A
  301. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:02:02Ranger and Ryūjō chased air groups on too little hullChapter
  302. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:11:44Ark Royal could have combined armor and a large air groupChapter
  303. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:44:38Illustrious air groups were limited by policy and lift layoutChapter
  304. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    1:10:16Overconfidence turns forecasts into force-structure trapsChapter
  305. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    27:13Unicorn exposes the shipyard case for merchant conversionNotable Point
  306. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)
    34:22How treaty limits shaped carrier armor choicesQ&A
  307. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    32:17Japan's elite pilot standards shrank its replacement poolQ&A
  308. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    27:56How Graf Zeppelin changes an Atlantic breakoutChapter
  309. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    42:46Illustrious, Ark Royal, and Implacable carrier conceptsNotable Point
  310. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    54:00How many aircraft might an Impero conversion carry?Q&A
  311. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:22:02Why the Royal Navy moved toward twin-engine carrier aircraftQ&A
  312. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:09:09The logistical burden of moving carrier aviationNotable Point
  313. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:38:53How would Phantoms and Buccaneers change the Falklands air war?Q&A
  314. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    42:20What Admiral-class carrier conversions could changeQ&A
  315. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    3:31:26A Sea Mosquito, Seafarer, and Swordfish carrier groupQ&A
  316. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    23:07The converted carriers in figuresNotable Point
  317. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    28:47Could an extended hangar preserve a 48-aircraft group?Q&A
  318. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    33:32What a Pacific-style deck park could addQ&A
  319. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    49:19Why a carrier's listed air group may omit its WalrusQ&A
  320. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    49:30Why 36 Swordfish did not mean a strike-only air groupNotable Point
  321. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:12:52A six-aircraft Blackburn flightQ&A
  322. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:36:48Radar did not remove the need for fightersNotable Point
  323. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:05:26When British carriers might adopt American aircraftQ&A
  324. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:21:35Would larger Hood-based carriers be risked the same way?Q&A
  325. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    10:50What a mid-1930s Taranto strike might have requiredQ&A
  326. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    48:27Why Illustrious did not fill every aircraft space with SwordfishQ&A
  327. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    52:00How Fulmars could support a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
  328. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    9:06Eagle's absence reduces the strike forceChapter
  329. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    7:13Why HMS Eagle still mattered in 1940Notable Point
  330. Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)
    32:25Prestige carriers can create a deception blind spotNotable Point
  331. Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)
    46:00The best operational plan may use the second-best tactical toolNotable Point
  332. Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)
    51:40A two-carrier model tests the limits of Taranto's resultNotable Point
  333. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    1:09:59Navalized Beaufighters against unarmoured Japanese carriersQ&A
  334. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    4:25:43Barracuda timing and tailored British carrier air groupsQ&A
  335. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    13:37How earlier airborne early warning changes carrier defenceQ&A
  336. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:10:33Why a larger twin-engine carrier aircraft costs deck capacityQ&A
  337. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:14:37Electrical power as a hidden naval advantage before World War IIQ&A
  338. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:28:47Why carriers need a critical mass of aircraftQ&A
  339. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:10:48A plausible British fixed-wing carrier air group after GannetQ&A
  340. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:25:58A plausible succession for a surviving CVA-01 air wingQ&A
  341. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    44:24French carrier aircraft and the Béarn what-ifChapter
  342. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:27:53A twin-engine aircraft might have unified the carrier air groupNotable Point
  343. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:59:11The balanced carrier air group planned for JoffreQ&A
  344. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:21:52How single-seat Zero fighters navigated long-range strikesQ&A
  345. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:51:52How many aircraft could Admiral and Incomparable conversions carry?Q&A
  346. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    43:59Carriers and the Japanese pilot-training problemQ&A
  347. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out
    4:07Why the carrier was the more adaptable investmentChapter
  348. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    1:24Air-group capacity changes with operationsNotable Point
  349. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    11:20Strike air groups and the limits of deck parkingNotable Point
  350. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:41:42A possible CVA-01 and Invincible force mixQ&A
  351. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:47:22Buying carriers without enough aircraftNotable Point
  352. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    21:28CVA-01 and the cost of carrier aviationChapter
  353. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    32:52Carrier capacity without a full British air wingNotable Point
  354. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    46:05Falklands signals and the CVA-01 counterfactualChapter
  355. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    23:32A plausible carrier air group for Force ZQ&A
  356. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    2:23:19A modern Queen Elizabeth would dominate the 1982 air warQ&A
  357. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:39:06Floatplanes, carrier aircraft, and search coverageNotable Point
  358. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:52:48Fleet reconnaissance rewards coverage, not maximum speedNotable Point
  359. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    1:55:21Which carrier air groups were considered eliteQ&A
  360. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    3:45:00An uncrewed successor to the S-3 VikingQ&A
  361. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    24:44What aircraft the Malta class might have carriedQ&A
  362. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    27:40Identifying aircraft in Malta-class concept artQ&A
  363. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    30:12How Malta-sized carriers could have changed the Cold War fleetQ&A
  364. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    35:39What might have replaced Phantom and Buccaneer aboard MaltaQ&A
  365. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    37:05Why a larger carrier might favor Hawkeye over an improved GannetQ&A
  366. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:10:29The Fleet Air Arm's 1945-to-Korea carrier air groupNotable Point
  367. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:25:12Five Royal Navy carriers deploy during the Suez CrisisNotable Point
  368. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:30:29The Royal Navy's carrier air group by 1955Notable Point
  369. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:50:06Did small carriers push the Royal Navy toward narrower roles?Q&A
  370. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    2:01:44Inside a late-1950s British carrier air groupNotable Point
  371. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    2:29:31Why Harrier was not the carrier's ASW aircraftQ&A
  372. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    2:29:47Where drones might fit on a Queen Elizabeth-class deckQ&A
  373. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    2:37:13Why useful carrier size grows across the jet ageQ&A
  374. Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War
    15:04CVA-01 missions and the carrier air-group problemChapter
  375. Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War
    17:12How CVA-01 requirements drove size and cost upwardNotable Point
  376. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    22:17Why fewer aircraft types simplify carrier logisticsNotable Point
  377. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    40:24F-35 numbers and a mixed crewed-uncrewed air groupQ&A
  378. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    56:01Reconfiguring Merlins as the mission changesNotable Point
  379. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:26:16Kido Butai's elite strength lacked replacement depthQ&A
  380. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:52:33Torpedo bombers as formation-breaking weaponsNotable Point
  381. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    4:01:13An ideal late-war British carrier and air groupQ&A
  382. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
  383. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    41:15G3 design lessons and carrier-conversion potentialNotable Point
  384. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    52:04Carrier aircraft replacement depth versus battleship repairNotable Point
  385. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:32:37Why was Graf Zeppelin's hangar underpopulated?Q&A
  386. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    15:54Joffre's twin-engine air group and Atlantic roleChapter
  387. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    36:23Graf Zeppelin's scale and changing air groupNotable Point
  388. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    6:30Langley shows how funnels govern carrier islandsNotable Point
  389. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    15:35Hermes gives the Royal Navy early carrier depthChapter
  390. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    20:42Lexington and Saratoga overtake Akagi in 1927Chapter
  391. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    24:09Courageous and Kaga show flight-deck layout choicesChapter
  392. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    26:56Carrier doctrine shapes hangars and air-group sizeNotable Point
  393. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    22:13Torpedo strike within a mixed carrier air groupChapter
  394. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:23:18Why published carrier aircraft capacities were not directly comparableQ&A
  395. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:25:04How carrier air-group organization differed among naviesQ&A
  396. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:29:10Why squadrons benefited from long-term carrier pairingsQ&A
  397. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    3:01:00Ark Royal and Hiryu as fast strike carriersChapter
  398. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    3:10:10Ark Royal was conceived as the fleet's striking punchQ&A
  399. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    13:20Carrier treaty limits collided with fleet availabilityNotable Point
  400. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    35:05How costly was the raid to Japanese aircraft?Q&A
  401. The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation
    34:30Small Swordfish maintenance savings compound across a carrier battleNotable Point
  402. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    5:48HMS Bulwark's balanced 1958 carrier air groupChapter
  403. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    8:40A specialized Suez carrier air groupChapter
  404. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    9:59The Sea Hawk made jet speed usable at seaNotable Point
  405. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    18:15Carrier missions expanded beyond the Suez strikeNotable Point
  406. Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    5:53Colossus-class dimensions expose the cost of aircraft growthNotable Point
  407. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:45:36A Swordfish squadron could be dispersed across several carriersNotable Point
  408. The Fairey Story Anew...
    3:01:56The Queen Elizabeth-class air group was still building toward strength in 2020Q&A
  409. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    44:15Why carrier jets arrived graduallyChapter
  410. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    3:03:52Carrier numbers shape aircraft specialisationQ&A
  411. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    54:04Naval air engineers restore Illustrious's damaged air groupNotable Point
  412. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:26:24Eagle reinforces Illustrious despite staying in portNotable Point
  413. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:29:27Fulmars transfer through Malta to reinforce IllustriousNotable Point
  414. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:31:21Deck parks and outriggers make room for extra fightersNotable Point
  415. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:38:33Armoured carrier design trades air-group size for survivabilityNotable Point
  416. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:41:18A few Fulmars disrupt fifteen SM.79 bombersNotable Point
  417. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    2:49:57Why the Sea Fury's maintainability mattered at seaQ&A
  418. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:20:20Training crews and synchronizing a carrier air groupNotable Point
  419. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:33:56How a fast fighter could overshoot a SwordfishNotable Point
  420. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:18:20Shared parts versus a genuinely multirole carrier aircraftQ&A
  421. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    35:11Carrier air-group size follows the missionQ&A
  422. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    41:46Why sixty aircraft is a useful medium-power carrier benchmarkQ&A
  423. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
  424. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    26:43The abandoned rocket distraction for TarantoNotable Point
  425. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    41:10Why the Swordfish kept returning to depleted air groupsNotable Point
  426. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...
    7:42Why a larger battlestar should carry more aircraftNotable Point
  427. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    2:00:32Why retained carriers would also need GannetsQ&A
  428. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    2:02:35Aircraft choices for a surviving CVA-01 fleetQ&A
  429. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    57:20Submarines overloaded the fleet before they scored a hitChapter