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Fairey Fulmar

Also searchable as Blackburn Fulmar, Fairy Fulmar.

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  1. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    19:07How the Swordfish and Fulmar combined compatible rolesNotable Point
  2. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:37:51Why Eagle would prioritise Fulmars over dummy Swordfish attacksQ&A
  3. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:57:26Fulmar fighter direction and Swordfish radar support a joint carrier forceNotable Point
  4. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:34:37More carriers keep Fulmar production and improvement movingQ&A
  5. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    23:09Supermarine's Dumbo pursues exceptional carrier liftChapter
  6. J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era
    6:50Organic air defense for Chinese carrier groupsNotable Point
  7. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:00:17Four-carrier air groups and maintenance massChapter
  8. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:03:51Organizing a three-wave night strikeChapter
  9. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:13:15Flare silhouettes and Italian anti-aircraft enduranceNotable Point
  10. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:01:19Could limited Italian carrier fighters still defend a fleet?Q&A
  11. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:05:28How Fulmars engage an escorted air attackQ&A
  12. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    45:32Operation Substance tests the fleet-wide air-defense effectChapter
  13. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:51A larger-carrier strike calculation for TarantoNotable Point
  14. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:53:23What historians would hope to find in a sealed naval warehouseQ&A
  15. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    29:22An aircraft without an upgrade team falls behindNotable Point
  16. 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
  17. An Indomitable Force Z
    43:46Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
  18. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:13:56Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
  19. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:20:16How Indomitable could sustain a combat air patrolNotable Point
  20. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:32:38Why Indomitable probably saves Force Z from the air attackChapter
  21. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:27:20Would Japan arm its bombers differently against a carrier?Q&A
  22. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:32:22The Fulmar performed better than its reputation suggestsChapter
  23. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:37:03Indomitable's reconnaissance could reshape the Malayan campaignChapter
  24. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:40:18Extra carriers could free Fulmars to illuminate TarantoNotable Point
  25. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:44:41Why a common carrier airframe must do more than intercept bombersQ&A
  26. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:49:00Getting through fighter escorts to disrupt a naval strikeQ&A
  27. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    4:10:27How the Bismarck hunt exposed gaps in carrier aircrew trainingNotable Point
  28. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    0:57The Royal Navy's two-fighter doctrineChapter
  29. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    14:00Why two-seat fighters favored combat air patrolChapter
  30. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    25:08Radar-directed CAP replaces simple launch warningChapter
  31. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    26:40Vectoring Fulmars for energy-fighting interceptsChapter
  32. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    7:20Sea Harrier assumptions and Falklands deterrenceNotable Point
  33. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    36:08Tiger under air attack and mine threatNotable Point
  34. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    45:41Operation Splice and carrier aircraft transferChapter
  35. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:53:36Early Sea Hurricanes for the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
  36. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    15:54Vitals, range, and the Fulmar comparisonChapter
  37. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    3:17:07The Fairey Fulmar in a war delayed to 1949Q&A
  38. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:09:17Soryu changes Mediterranean carrier operationsNotable Point
  39. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:14:32Carrier readiness and aircraft numbers reshape the Taranto planNotable Point
  40. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:18:29Taranto becomes a night-and-dawn carrier blowChapter
  41. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    30:52Why the Fulmar needs a carrier-specific comparisonNotable Point
  42. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    32:42Why might a Fulmar make only one pass at an incoming raid?Q&A
  43. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    33:27Fulmar and Swordfish retained little-used dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
  44. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    37:09The Firefly was not simply an improved FulmarNotable Point
  45. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    0:02Assessing the Fairey Fulmar by the job it was built to doChapter
  46. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    11:33From light bomber design to urgent fleet fighterChapter
  47. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    17:04Reconnaissance range and forgiving carrier handlingNotable Point
  48. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    26:52Limited Fulmar upgrades and the night-fighter roleChapter
  49. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    31:32Combat air patrol endurance and layered fleet defenceChapter
  50. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    32:44How the Fulmar compared with other naval fighters in 1940Notable Point
  51. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    38:32The two-year stopgap that wartime delays kept flyingNotable Point
  52. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    40:40Stanley Orr and the Fulmar's Mediterranean combat recordChapter
  53. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    44:24Why a Fulmar was not meant to be a naval SpitfireNotable Point
  54. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    47:59Fulmar performance, armament, and the Taranto flare planChapter
  55. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    53:23Merlin spares and the Fulmar's invisible successesNotable Point
  56. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    58:48Fulmars from Cape Matapan to the Arctic and Far EastChapter
  57. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:04:24Tracking Bismarck and the Royal Navy's carrier tradeoffChapter
  58. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:08:06Strike disruption and the birth of practical fighter directionChapter
  59. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:12:23What 809 Squadron's Fulmar song says about service reputationNotable Point
  60. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:17:25How the absence of a hero mission shaped the Fulmar's reputationNotable Point
  61. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:15:57How early RP-3 and Tiny Tim rockets could change TarantoQ&A
  62. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:54:46Two-seat fighters escort long-range and night strikesNotable Point
  63. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    19:51Fulmars from the Arctic to Operation PedestalChapter
  64. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    21:21Royal Navy night attack could bypass Graf Zeppelin's fightersQ&A
  65. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    34:07The single-seat fighter Illustrious was meant to carryNotable Point
  66. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    40:03Why Fulmars needed a standing combat air patrolNotable Point
  67. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    55:20Why long-range carrier aircraft carried navigatorsNotable Point
  68. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:54:39Estimating the air group with deck-edge liftsNotable Point
  69. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
  70. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    41:29Air Ministry priorities and Royal Navy aircraft shortagesQ&A
  71. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:25:12A continuous cycle of carrier fightersNotable Point
  72. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    1:05:49Fulmar combat air patrols and relief fightersNotable Point
  73. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    1:39:26Why tactics matter more than aircraft specifications aloneQ&A
  74. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    2:19:48Moskva and Kiev combine missile firepower with organic air defenceNotable Point
  75. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    42:20What Admiral-class carrier conversions could changeQ&A
  76. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    25:43Why the Fulmar suited a layered carrier defenceQ&A
  77. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    32:15Why a standardized fighter group could sustain Mediterranean CAPNotable Point
  78. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    55:47Why the Fulmar's combat record resists a simple verdictNotable Point
  79. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:48:13British aircraft available for Coral Sea or MidwayQ&A
  80. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    48:27Why Illustrious did not fill every aircraft space with SwordfishQ&A
  81. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    52:00How Fulmars could support a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
  82. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    56:15Why Fulmar fighters defended fleets differentlyQ&A
  83. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    9:06Eagle's absence reduces the strike forceChapter
  84. 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
  85. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:27:29Why one engine does not disqualify a carrier aircraftQ&A
  86. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:14:24The Fulmar was shaped by long-range maritime strategyChapter
  87. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:18:56Barracuda and Fairey's long-range aircraft lineageChapter
  88. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    1:24Air-group capacity changes with operationsNotable Point
  89. 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
  90. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:18:32Navalizing the P.94 as a Fairey Fulmar alternativeNotable Point
  91. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    23:32A plausible carrier air group for Force ZQ&A
  92. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    49:58Force Z air cover and carriersQ&A
  93. Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/7
    9:31Roc development costs and a more powerful SkuaNotable Point
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
  97. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    27:40Identifying aircraft in Malta-class concept artQ&A
  98. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    1:39:34A practical wartime improvement for the Fairey FulmarQ&A
  99. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    1:46:49808 Naval Air Squadron from Ark Royal to KoreaChapter
  100. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:51:24Fleet Air Arm aircraft were designed for a different carrier warQ&A
  101. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:01:36The Fairey Fulmar's record against Axis air powerNotable Point
  102. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:10:41Why long-range naval fighters needed a navigatorQ&A
  103. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    4:16:14Writing a stronger 1935 Fleet Air Arm fighter requirementQ&A
  104. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 2/3 Swan to S.6B
    27:35A 2,350 hp engine in 1939 would reshape British air powerNotable Point
  105. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    8:22The Fulmar and Firefly followed separate paths from P.4/34Chapter
  106. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    17:35How the Fulmar stopgap became a wartime commitmentNotable Point
  107. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    19:44Fulmar armament and layered fleet air defenseNotable Point
  108. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    14:00Carrier landings, maintenance, and usable air-group strengthNotable Point
  109. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:29:27Fulmars transfer through Malta to reinforce IllustriousNotable Point
  110. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:36:52Carrier fighters create a reconnaissance blind spot east of MaltaNotable Point
  111. 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
  112. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    40:35Why Fulmars did not escort the raidQ&A
  113. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:12:07Could aircraft suppress a harbour's anti-aircraft guns?Q&A
  114. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:26:18Italian air and submarine attacks before the strikeNotable Point
  115. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:52:58How an available Formidable might have changed Force ZQ&A
  116. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
  117. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    9:38A small air group sustaining continuous patrolsNotable Point
  118. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    14:38Why breaking up a strike matters more than its kill totalNotable Point
  119. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    17:10Fulmars: useful patrol fighters with a costly limitationChapter
  120. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    29:26Spares and workshops become a combat constraintNotable Point
  121. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    46:40Engine failures shrink the Scarpanto strikeChapter
  122. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:00:48Enemy scouts find a fleet with too little fighter reserveChapter
  123. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:09:48A failed radio delays contact with Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
  124. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    12:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
  125. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
  126. An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar
    20:24Carrier air groups and fallback supportNotable Point
  127. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    13:46How a larger air group might alter TarantoQ&A
  128. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    37:20Radar and night crews gave Somerville an openingNotable Point
  129. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    45:15How radar-directed fighters could disrupt a Japanese strikeNotable Point
  130. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:15:32How British carriers operated in wartimeQ&A
  131. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:19:19Formidable at Crete: resilient ship, exhausted air groupNotable Point