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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:16:29Unbuilt Fleet Air Arm favourites from the propeller and jet erasQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:53Night aviation in the Force Z counterfactualNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?6:00Coastal Command and the maritime aircraft funding problemChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:05Publicity for carriers and Henderson's case for the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:34The F-35B's expected service lifeQ&A
- 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...1:22:40Eagle's fighter cover could release larger carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:23How aerial torpedoes were adapted for shallow harboursNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:02:39Fleet Air Arm participation in replacement flight trainingQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:21:40Fleet Air Arm renewal needs aircraft and trained aircrewNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:29:12Would Swordfish still be a frontline aircraft in 1942?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:58:19Continuous carrier attacks and massed strikes create different problemsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:09:02Would radar work justify retaining Swordfish?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:19How the Fleet Air Arm may change over the next 30 yearsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:13Carrier tanker drones and the cost of delayNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:01What anti-ship weapon may reach British F-35BsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:33:56Why Army Wildcats are difficult to transfer to naval serviceQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 225:41Should the Fleet Air Arm operate Britain's P-8 Poseidons?Q&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)18:12The Blackburn Skua's incompatible rolesChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)19:07How the Swordfish and Fulmar combined compatible rolesNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:12An early Sea Mosquito and the carrier air group it could createQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:04How much Buccaneer experience did 809 Squadron retain?Notable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:18Hermes and Gladiators in a larger Force Z exerciseNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:06The Swordfish air-combat claim over NarvikNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:48Red Angel trials on the ScimitarQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:20Beatty's strengths fit subordinate command better than flag rankQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:39Fleet Air Arm control and the argument over engine developmentNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:02:52Swordfish spotting turned the tables at NarvikNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:42Fleet Air Arm torpedo and dive-bombing paperQ&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?29:54Beatty and RAF control block an otherwise plausible carrier policyNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)59:32Béarn would probably stay out of the Taranto strikeQ&A
- 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 the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:02:05Experienced aircrews could strengthen new carrier squadronsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:41:57A Singapore fleet could reinforce the Philippines and fight at nightQ&A
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?36:54Sueter supplies ideas and Beatty secures political supportNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:38Recognition after an observer's low-altitude attackQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:24Rethinking the Courageous-class carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:26Four naval decisions worth changingQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:34Beatty's opportunity to restore naval control of aviationQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)28:20Why Beatty rejected the cruiser-carrier ideaChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:05:22A larger carrier force could return the Fleet Air Arm earlierChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:49:03Would an independent Fleet Air Arm accelerate fighter development?Q&A
- Passion, Research & History1:17Uncle Sid and the limits of wartime blameNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?11:12Leadership turnover reshapes naval aviation procurementNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?27:26Fleet Shadowers could evolve from night scouts into radar aircraftNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?17:31Hermes offers a limited carrier option against unescorted bombersNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:04:04Layered carrier air defence aims to break up the strikeNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:11:58Engine allocation keeps the Albacore in front-line serviceNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:10:09Why Britain declined a Hermes-derived small carrierNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live27:22Earlier Illustrious-class carriers bring trained air groups to battleChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live57:59Swordfish remain useful on the earlier carriersNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:02:51A three-carrier Taranto raid could cripple the Italian fleetChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:34:37More carriers keep Fulmar production and improvement movingQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:07Why early jets struggled to replace carrier piston aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:16Why the Fleet Air Arm chose the F-4 PhantomQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:10:36Are there still airworthy Swordfish?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:11:24Why Taranto's Swordfish observers sat beside leaking fuel tanksQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:01:31Swordfish, Devastator, and Avenger against BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:03:36Swordfish night attacks and the price of trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:22:59Swordfish against super-battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:07:00An 80-foot extension for the Invincible classQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:14:57Invincible's hangar capacity versus its normal air groupQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:18:42Why could Invincible's air group grow after the Cold War?Q&A
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:11:17Interwar air power was divided by funding and service rivalryChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:10:54The hypothetical six-carrier British forceChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:12:17Treaty carrier design and operating theatersNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:13:53Jutland makes night aviation a British priorityChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:16:04British harbor-attack specializationChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 315:05Expansion timing shapes naval aviation trainingNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers20:04Earlier British carriers would increase demand for aircraft enginesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers21:28Hercules power and the redesign of the BarracudaQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers24:23Bomber priorities shape naval aircraft engine supplyNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:38Operational camouflage and Royal Navy aircraft coloursQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers10:18The Royal Navy's unrealized 1931 carrier studyChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers16:20Deck parking could expand British carrier air groupsNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off21:19Fleet Air Arm observers as operational thinkersNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off28:01Clapp, 801 Squadron, and the Buccaneer's developmentNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off30:24Why Clapp declined a Harrier development postNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off43:30Building a naval biography from personal evidenceQ&A
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:11:55Staff training behind joint amphibious operationsChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle33:14Admiral-class carriers and an early carrier strike forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle36:05Preserving naval aviation through the creation of the RAFNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:23:00Which navy without a carrier might benefit most from one?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:14:30Carrier mass at Malta and Taranto in an accelerated 1940Chapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…5:28:38How the British aircraft power egg simplified maintenanceNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:25:38A qualitative-only treaty transforms British carrier developmentChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:57:05How a scout-carrier category could expand the Royal NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:58:01A 1940 fleet swap gives Britain powerful ships for the wrong warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:04:08Would larger American carriers help the Fleet Air Arm in 1940?Q&A
- 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 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust13:00Sea Harrier and F-14 interception depends on variantQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust30:35Where prewar Unicorn-class support ships would deployQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:13:42An early Corsair in the 1940 MediterraneanQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:10:04Which 1939 Royal Navy ships are worth duplicatingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust6:04:15How Navy Wings preserves Fleet Air Arm aircraftChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:03:13Bomber advocates and control of naval aviationQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:40:59Changing air strength in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II27:41What the Gannet AEW7 needed beyond the AEW3Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:30:03Converting the Admiral class into strike carriersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II8:54:50A family recollection of defending a merchant ship from a raiderNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception2:36Restoring Reginald Henderson to the rearmament storyChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception22:51What Eagle might have added at TarantoNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception24:01RAF reconnaissance makes Taranto possibleChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception24:58A Swordfish, potatoes, and an intelligence-sharing workaroundNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception26:37Timing Taranto around convoy cover and a concealed approachChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception30:18Why Cunningham resisted a second Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception36:20An Admiralty team built around proven specialistsChapter
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:04Fleet Air Arm control could reshape maritime patrol aviationQ&A
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?19:32How HMS Unicorn passed as an aviation support shipNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?20:58Henderson's carrier doctrine and rearmament portfolioChapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:03:19Fisher confronts treaties, the Treasury, and the Air MinistryChapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:04:08Aircraft turn Fisher's speed doctrine into long-range firepowerNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:05:31Fisher attacks the Air Ministry and Treasury head-onNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:10:40Fisher turns treaty limits into a public political battleChapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:15:16Fleet Air Arm control becomes a fight over budgets and doctrineNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:29:23Gun upgrades or faster torpedo bombers define Fisher's fleetNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)39:52Carrier evolution without the wartime building surgeChapter
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:05:08Light carriers support convoys and cruiser stationsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:34Why an Admiral-class carrier invites twin-engine aircraftQ&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...1:09:50Britain's F-35A purchase and undefined carrier droneNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:33Would four carriers change RAF independence?Q&A
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy0:35How prewar planning delayed the BarracudaChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy10:06The Fleet Air Arm plans a silent night-shadow aircraftNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy40:11The Merlin 32 makes the Barracuda Mk II viableChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy44:16A capable aircraft enters service two years too lateChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy48:12Air Ministry politics leave Britain short of dive bombersChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy56:26What if the Barracuda had entered service in 1941?Notable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:08Why Sea Harrier lacked specialist variantsQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:24Why the Royal Navy has no simple birthdayQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:28A thousand-aircraft interwar Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?12:32Why aerial torpedoes needed a controlled water entryChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:41A Royal Navy carrier force at MidwayQ&A
- Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter22:41Whirlwinds shape Royal Navy vertical-lift doctrineChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:42A German capital-ship windfall before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:58:25Tracing the Buccaneer's boundary-layer-control flawQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:57Would a larger Taranto raid free Italy's cruisers to fight?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:17British shallow-water torpedo technique at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:10How other powers might read a larger Taranto victoryQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:11Why the Swordfish sank so much Axis shippingQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:07Royal Navy carriers entered the war short of aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:19If Britain never paused carrier constructionQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Earlier carriers could support Force Z before their air groups were readyNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:06:37A high-powered successor to the SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:38:38How two Trieste-class LHDs would change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...13:07Fleet Air Arm procurement and divided authorityNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...15:48Bomber priorities and the operator-engineer gapNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...20:05Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo attacksChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...49:36Source base for reconstructing carrier air groupsNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:17:26Taranto as a twenty-year set-piece operationNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:33:35Albacore and Skua reputations after TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:00Why Martlet deliveries did not weaken the US NavyQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:28:47British night attack and American dawn strikeNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:48:24Why T-class submarines carried a ten-torpedo bow salvoNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?41:43How heavy anti-aircraft fire disrupts an air strikeChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?45:32Operation Substance tests the fleet-wide air-defense effectChapter
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:50Swordfish observers flew amid leaking fuel at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:47Adding aerial mines to the Taranto raidQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:44Hawker P.1121 as a British Phantom alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:40Why British Phantoms used Spey enginesQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:10Taranto was planned as a multi-carrier strikeNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft38:26Air Ministry priorities show the damage of institutional neglectNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:20:31Blackburn Blackburn supplied visual early warningQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:26Interwar fleets without cruiser and carrier limitsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:25Definitions that erase British carrier warfareNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:01How RAF and Fleet Air Arm orders sustained aircraft firmsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:41:25Light-carrier air groups for the British Pacific FleetQ&A
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s38:06A Royal Navy remote-strike air group before 1939Notable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:28Why more German air attacks at Salerno still face steep oddsQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:22Earlier carriers strengthen naval aviation and British shipyardsNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:18:01Why the Walrus's light-strike ability stayed secondaryQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:48:03How naval flying-boat orders sustained SupermarineQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:52:43Why Supermarine had reason to prioritize a Royal Navy fighterQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:33Did low-flying Buccaneers cause disputes in exercises?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:05Why a British CATOBAR fleet would not adopt the F-14Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:37A 1942 engine available when Swordfish was designedQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:24Buccaneer wave damage and disputed lossesQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:21Could a Blackburn Blackburn carry anti-submarine rockets?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:42The Buccaneer's abandoned torpedo optionQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:31If every Royal Navy aircraft became a Fairey Gannet in 1939Q&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?32:42Carrier machinery savings become aircraft capacityNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?44:24Courageous tests the future carrier plantNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat48:23The Swordfish and the recurring one-airframe temptationNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…39:53Pearl Harbor and Taranto were naval-air operationsNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…48:05Taranto's wave plan reflected the carriers availableNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:29If each British carrier generation arrived one class largerQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:51Would larger carriers secure better aircraft?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:00How the Blackburn Buccaneer attacked below radarQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?44:38The cost of missing carrier airborne early warningNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:16:31Would Ark Royal have ended the war in two weeks?Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:03Twin Wasp power for British naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:09Why airborne early warning mattered more than carrier tanking in 1982Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:54P.1154 naval fighter versus the F-4 PhantomQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:42RB106 Phantoms and the disputed cost of carrier modificationsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:21Supersonic Sea Vixens carry an early radar-guided missileQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:39A more powerful Spey creates a supersonic Buccaneer pathQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:05:09Italian radar forces faster British carrier-aircraft developmentQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:17:14Invincible-class size constrained new STOVL fightersQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:37Early laser-guided bombs force a new Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:54:44Treaty cruiser-carriers create numerous light flight decksQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?4:02Layered air defense ends with one aircraft and one evasive decisionNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?30:41Peacetime exercises produced a false picture of air attack prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:17Early kamikaze attacks would waste Japan's trained carrier air armQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:59Britain rotated carriers through pilot trainingQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:28The Royal Navy stored aviation fuel where the RAF did not expect itNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:55The Clyde engine would not extend the Wyvern's careerQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:25The Royal Navy F4U-4C appears to have remained a paper proposalQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:09A floatplane Albacore would scout for battleships and cruisersQ&A
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:41:04Force V friction tested Vian's responsibility to the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:52:22Aircrew rescue offset the Pacific war's harsh security limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:21Why the Fleet Air Arm welcomed American carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:38How the Royal Navy handled Brewster-built CorsairsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:54Why naval reconnaissance requirements shaped the Blackburn BlackburnQ&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:27:24Carrier formation doctrine shaped the 40 mm engagement zoneNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:44The risk behind Britain's aerial-torpedo tension wireQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:56What distinguished the planned British F4U-4C Corsair?Q&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:19Why paper strength misread the Falklands air warNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:02How the Sea Harrier handled tanker and electronic-attack rolesQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:59Why Britain is unlikely to navalize TempestQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:29British F-35Bs on allied light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:21Two different wires associated with the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:28Using Warspite to reshape interwar Royal Navy policyQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:43A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament planQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:27What retaining Harrier and Tornado could have preservedQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:06Why Royal Navy helicopter AEW emerged after the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:03Which naval decision would each speaker change?Q&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:52Fleet Air Arm control and the limits of one aircraft for every roleNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:57How renaming Sea Venom changes the next Fleet Air Arm fighterQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:05Why the Swordfish survived after becoming an anachronismNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:49Buccaneers attacking US carriers in exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:28What smaller avionics would change on Sea VixenQ&A
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:02:31Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew moraleNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:33:09Ark Royal's second strike cripples BismarckChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:59:49If Bismarck reached a French Atlantic portQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:11:24An aircraft carrier built on an Incomparable hullQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:14:06Would larger British carrier aircraft change the Zero?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:16:28Would the Swordfish survive alongside twin-engine carrier aircraft?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:22:07Manning an Incomparable-sized carrier in the 1920sQ&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:53:54Rodney turns back to hunt BismarckChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:03:27Why Ark Royal's air group was ready for BismarckNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:04:45Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew confidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:59:56Why the Hawker Henley would not rescue land-based dive bombingQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:35:58Why the Sea Vixen was a poor target-drone candidateQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:57:23Exercise Ardent and the postwar air-defense testQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:06:12Why 1930s carrier air groups divided missionsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:16:58Judging the Swordfish in its own design periodNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?3:23Reginald Henderson built the Royal Navy's wartime fleetChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?59:01North American orders replace a lost generation of naval aircraftChapter
- 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
- 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 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:15Why the Supermarine Scimitar's short career was normal for its generationQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...44:25Could a reinforced Royal Navy contest Japan in the Far East?Q&A
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:30:37Pre-radar assumptions constrain carrier air groupsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z3:21Construction pauses delayed the Royal Navy's carrier programChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z6:28Losses and overwork exhausted Britain's available carriersNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z29:41Reginald Henderson linked carrier command to procurement politicsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z38:52Indomitable restores the missing fighter layerNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z43:46Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
- 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?34:53How carrier fighters were meant to break up an air strikeChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?53:38What TSR meant for the Fairey SwordfishNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:13:56Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:20:16How Indomitable could sustain a combat air patrolNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:20:20How Walrus amphibians recovered downed carrier pilotsQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:32:22The Fulmar performed better than its reputation suggestsChapter
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:28How the Fleet Air Arm might have used SunderlandsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:48A carrier bomber with a 4,000-pound payloadQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:35Could the Royal Navy accelerate jet-engine development?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:39A common twin-engine Fleet Air Arm airframeQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:04A twin-engine, all-purpose Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:54Mosquito and Sea Hornet comparisons for a 1939 carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:08Why two engines appeal before powerful single-engine strike aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:41Why a common carrier airframe must do more than intercept bombersQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:21When a twin-engine air group might need specialist fightersQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:21Using larger aircraft when carrier capacity exceeds practical coordinationNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?15:45Split Fleet Air Arm control obstructed a tender programChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?43:27Tender patrols could release fleet carriers for primary dutiesNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?47:17Fleet Air Arm growth could bring Catalina orders forwardNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:08:42HMS Albatross and the politics of making the caseChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:04Why underpowered 1920s carrier aircraft could need twin enginesQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:57How large Admiral-class hangars could reshape Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:17Would twin-engine carriers use navalised Beaufighters or Beauforts?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:48Large Admiral conversions could preserve a naval Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:53Three Admiral-class carrier conversions reshape the treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:43Implacable would transform a World War I naval campaignQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:33Why HMS Unicorn counted as an aviation support shipQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!7:38Why service control shaped Britain's maritime air powerChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!34:30Moving the fleet's aviation workshops to distant portsChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!54:00How a tender fleet could strengthen the case for naval air controlNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:21:23Could tenders have brought Catalinas into naval service before the war?Notable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:51:27Would tenders strengthen or distract from carrier aviation?Q&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:14A 30,000-ton CVA-01 alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:03A British supersonic STOVL fighter in the 1980sQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...52:53The Blackburn Skua illustrates discreet Admiralty sponsorshipNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:41:08Corsair carrier landings and accumulated deck experienceQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:16:20Royal Navy observers and the division of cockpit rolesQ&A
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?46:09Carrier aviation was emerging, but not yet matureNotable Point
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?53:32Fast capital ships and carriers could revive the Royal Navy's flying squadronChapter
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?55:35A flying squadron could bring a carrier command appointment forwardNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:53:15Could a fast carrier squadron accelerate naval aviation?Q&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 345:44Britain's wartime carrier-fighter procurement lessonNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20247:23A Christmas shelf of destroyers, U-boats, shipyards, cruisers, and naval aircraftChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview30:52Coastal Command and the interwar ASW gapNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:18:55Why was Coastal Command outside the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:42:12Osprey fleet studies on Japan and the British Pacific FleetChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:44:07The Corsair comparison in arguments about a gull-wing SeafireNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:45:25Why Rome needed a navy to connect its Mediterranean empireNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:28:57A County-hull scout carrier for the interwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:06:39If Hood survives the Denmark Strait hitQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:10:27How the Bismarck hunt exposed gaps in carrier aircrew trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:44:27How a case for improving Harriers became a case for retirementNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:56:59Why a British carrier fleet would probably buy HawkeyeQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...5:03:03What deck-edge lifts could teach a County-hull carrier fleetQ&A
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...0:57The Royal Navy's two-fighter doctrineChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...6:24Deck-alert fighters and flight-deck spaceChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...12:18Training, maintenance, and institutional memoryNotable Point
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...14:00Why two-seat fighters favored combat air patrolChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...19:03Seafire procurement and Churchill's oppositionChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...28:58The Seafire arrives after doctrine moves onNotable Point
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...35:51Wartime availability reshapes doctrineNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:38:01Why Queen Elizabeth carrier air groups need more aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...8:35What a British E-2 Hawkeye might have looked likeQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...33:42If the Royal Navy controlled naval aviation from 1929Q&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...40:08An early de Havilland Hornet changes carrier aviationQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:19:49Capability outweighed comfort in the Royal Navy's Hawkeye interestQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:24:12Why a four-engine Hawkeye offered little advantageQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:25:15CVA-01 could launch Tomcats but should not build around themQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:28:12The Royal Navy's Hawkeye requirement disappeared with CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:27:20Institutional barriers to early Royal Navy air-launched rocketsQ&A
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:41:34U-331's surrender lost in the communications chainChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:49:23Wildcat formations and the limits of the Thach WeaveNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:16:39Could a fleet carrier have changed Denmark Strait?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:42:06If Beatty and Chatfield were killed at JutlandQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:46:02How independent naval aviation could reshape British carriersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:50:45The proposed gull-wing Seafire and the later Spitfire conversionQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:02:01What if Japan adopted British carrier training?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:10:58Why TSR means different things in naval and RAF usageNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:16:21British aircraft aboard American carriersQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:29:54A Queen Elizabeth-sized carrier with Second World War systemsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:33:31Essay scenario: five Rodney-class fast battleshipsChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/424:58Why the de Havilland Mosquito was difficult to navalizeQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:00:00Would an Army air arm still embrace strategic bombing?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:08:49Would the Fleet Air Arm have fared better without the RAF?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:34:18A monoplane Sea Gladiator would become a fleet fighterQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:36:06Removing the Blackburn Roc turret would not cure the designQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:39:35Why the Gannet replacement needed pulse-Doppler radarQ&A
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 16:20Why early carrier jets could not immediately replace piston aircraftNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 118:13From Tempest successor to Fleet Air Arm fighterChapter
- 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
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 122:48Competition for engines drove the Fleet Air Arm toward a joint programmeChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 125:03A fighter-bomber built around balanced capabilityNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 126:38Why the Royal Navy retained the Sea Fury after 1945Chapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 129:10The Sea Fury was naval from the beginningNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 132:03Sea Fury service reveals an integrated Commonwealth Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 134:47Sea Furies replaced Seafires through a temporary role splitNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 137:43Reconstructing the Sea Fury flight's MiG-15 victoryChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 147:09A mature aircraft caught Britain during a strategic transitionChapter
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 74:43A British carrier force changes the Singapore counterattackQ&A
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS0:45Why 881 Squadron is worth studyingChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS2:13The winged-sword badge and squadron mottoNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS3:54Martlets, Wildcats, and a shared design lineageNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS17:02Formed for Ark Royal's intended Far East serviceChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS20:44How the Fleet Air Arm spread hard-won experienceNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS36:58Hellcats arrive too late for Pacific combatNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS42:28The value of an ordinary but active squadronChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS46:39Squadron numbers, heritage, and 881's battle honoursNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 710:36Why a carrier needed both fighters and anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 734:50Eagle's balanced 1924 air group enters Mediterranean serviceChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 745:19A larger carrier organization meets a manpower shortageNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 751:05How flight organization limited senior naval-aviation experienceNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 753:27Swordfish, cross-deck wires, and Eagle's last prewar refitsChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:01:27Eagle carries the Mediterranean Fleet's early air warChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:09:08Fleet air defence, South Atlantic raiders, and a hangar fireChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?34:15The 1941 fleet avoids Mediterranean attritionChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?38:44A layered fleet structure guards both Atlantic exitsNotable Point
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?40:28Building a powerful Indian Ocean fleetChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?59:16A massed British night strike meets JapanChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 115:09How large carriers could have strengthened the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 120:13Why naval aero engineers needed direct links with industryNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 140:33Carrier armour and the Far East reinforcement problemNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 150:48Who paid for the interwar Fleet Air Arm?Notable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:40:54A British fleet-defense fighter after Sea VixenChapter
- 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
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:13:25Earlier carrier success keeps naval aviation in the fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song59:24Why the Supermarine Seagull lost out to helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:23:43What a Royal Navy carrier P-40 would need beyond folding wingsQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:33:53Ordering Sea Hurricanes and Martlets before the warQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:02:55Fairey aircraft and the danger of meeting the wrong requirementQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:22:19Why more Skyraiders would not automatically advance Shackleton AEWQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:22:57Why Britain bought only part of its planned Skyraider fleetQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:46:48What would replace Phantom and Buccaneer aboard CVA-01?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:08Would early large carriers strengthen the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!26:20An armoured Ark Royal and its ninety-aircraft groupNotable Point
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?59:38From Mers-el-Kebir to Taranto in Fleet Air Arm reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!40:31How carrier pilots lived within the ship's companyQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:26:10A 45,000-ton Invincible class in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:31:20A supersonic Harrier becomes the P.1154Q&A
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier55:35Drone storage meets the cost of rebuilding carrier aviationNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier34:20Phantom veterans gave Sea Harrier squadrons an aggressive cultureNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier46:55Sea Harrier experience versus Yak-38 experimentationChapter
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...7:20Sea Harrier assumptions and Falklands deterrenceNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...29:43Carrier landings consume airframe lifeNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:36:06A more powerful Swordfish engine carries production costsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:37:07Early high-velocity rockets transform Fleet Air Arm attackQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:40:01Italian carriers might save the Seafire, not solve procurementQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:46:21A Twin Wasp license cannot escape Air Ministry controlQ&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
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:14:44The Fleet Air Arm's missing engine supply baseQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:04:22Why maintain an independent air force?Q&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:06:43Remote turrets and the Blackburn SpearfishQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:20:46How early Seafires would change fleet air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:25:19Why Britain planned large Spiteful and Seafang ordersQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:25:46Why the Fleet Air Arm ordered so many SBD-1sQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:25:10Henderson might have accelerated Britain's carrier programmeQ&A
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier58:59Why British and American carriers would still divergeNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier16:39Air Ministry doctrine turns the Skua into a compromiseNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:07:43Phantom instead of a navalized TornadoQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:33:31Why the Fleet Air Arm passed on the Brewster BermudaQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:58:10What the Royal Navy wanted from the HellcatQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:15:05Phantom entering service alongside Sea VixenQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:32:57More Skuas instead of Blackburn RocsQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!4:27Reginald Henderson and institutional naval-aviation leadershipNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!47:08Why Far East bomber reinforcement required sea transportNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!49:18Fleet Air Arm control and readiness for SingaporeNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!53:09British carrier doctrine for persistent air threats and night battleNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff18:50Royal Navy carrier officers and aviation doctrineQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff22:36Carrier damage control and the value of mixed specialismsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff24:21Observer corps careers and limits on aviation trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!56:59Defining the first naval aviator to command a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:48:31Carrier fuel systems evolved through repeated upgradesQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:49:48Engine policy reshaped the Fairey BarracudaQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:57:40Bomber-first policy left the Air Ministry correcting courseQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:00:31Treaty arithmetic made small carriers inefficientQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:02:38Vindictive tested whether the carrier arrangement workedQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:03:01Why eight Hermes-class carriers change treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:08:34A Royal Navy Dauntless would need folding wingsQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:09:27An early Bearcat could bypass the Hellcat in British serviceQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:25:37A modern medical reading of Admiral Henderson's final illnessQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:30:13External tanks would not transform the Sea Vixen's usefulnessQ&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right43:04Illustrious needed fighter spares as well as armourNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right54:13Rapid Fleet Air Arm expansion diluted squadron experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?16:38Why the Buccaneer made a better buddy tankerQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?21:40Could a Buccaneer S.3 tanker survive into the 2010s?Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:14:48Infrared-equipped naval spotting aircraft in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:42:46An early Barracuda and the Fleet Air Arm's AvengersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:43:11An early Fairey Barracuda combat debutQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:51:47Fixing the Barracuda's airframe failuresQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:56:11Why Spearfish displaced a Griffon BarracudaQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:02:34Fleet Air Arm aircraft as submarine huntersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:12:02Spearfish and Avenger in parallel serviceQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:33:15Would a Hercules engine improve the Blackburn Skua?Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:45:24A monoplane Albacore against the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:55:56Why the Blackburn Roc was not a true stopgapQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:02:52Early Fireflies against the Italian fleetQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:03:42From Firefly production to squadron serviceQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:04:27An early Barracuda at Cape MatapanQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:29:46Why the Royal Navy ordered sixty-eight Type 191 helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:56:44Sea Vixen ejection and underwater search limitsQ&A
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 525:21Pegasus engines and Far East logisticsNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 537:50From Steam Pigeon to ShagbatNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:24:15Carrier aviation and industrial spilloversChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines36:03Why the Air Ministry began supporting carriersNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:25:14A 24-gun Tilman battleship in place of BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:31:57Royal Navy development if war begins in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:35:34A supersonic Harrier and larger Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:55:45Building naval aircraft in the DominionsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:02:31A Canadian-Australian Fleet Air Arm industryQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:10:24Who would receive an overseas naval SpitfireQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:13:01Zero intelligence and Allied aircraft procurementQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:15:34Why two more Eric Browns would not triple testingQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:17:00British carrier training without Great Lakes ferriesQ&A
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:00How 848 Squadron covers 845's aircraft transitionsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:54845 Squadron and the Royal Marines' airborne liftChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem9:17Avenger origins in a fast-expanding Fleet Air ArmChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem10:47Whirlwinds, anti-submarine work, and the Suez helicopter assaultChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem11:55Borneo turns 845 into the JungliesChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem20:31Borneo logistics reward carrier-style self-sufficiencyNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem29:07Recall, Ascension resupply, and the South Georgia insertionChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem34:06First-in, last-out helicopter support after the Cold WarNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem37:07Merlin transition and the risk of minimum airframe planningNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem40:27Joint Expeditionary Force branding matters less than usable unitsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem41:45Operational history makes the can-do standard self-reinforcingNotable Point
- 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
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 32:01Fleet Air Arm control, American fighters, and industrial capacityChapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!41:51Why joint plans cannot be assigned to another serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:12:09A larger carrier force and Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:16:56British aircraft orders if Brewster's problems were knownQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:17:07The Fairey Fulmar in a war delayed to 1949Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...52:31British F-35B ownership crosses service boundariesNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...54:08Carrier air power helps deter a move against BelizeNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...58:13A joint F-35B pool sustains two service squadronsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:00:50Will Italy share its F-35Bs between services?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:23:04Fleet Air Arm observer culture may ease the shift to uncrewed aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends38:28CVA-01 with P.1154 supersonic HarriersQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:48:26How the P.1154 could sustain smaller British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:48:59A 3,500-horsepower Napier Sabre VII in 1941Q&A
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 246:48Observers preserved a distinct Royal Navy aviation traditionNotable Point
- 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
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!58:28The Fairey IIID makes Hermes an information carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:50:51British Phantom engine choice and logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:01:33A British Phantom alternative from the Sea Vixen lineQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:04:26Why Royal Navy aircraft left blue-and-white paintQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:43:17How aircraft commonality changes carrier logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:08:22Why Beatty and the Leander class are overratedQ&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:58:28Earlier carriers and a Fleet Air Arm kept under naval controlNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built46:11What a 27,000-ton Illustrious could bring to TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:51:29How Ark Royal could have changed the Falklands air warQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:56:41How Fleet Air Arm crews accept a replacement helicopterQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:56:34Where the Royal Navy might use Canadian-built HelldiversQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:19:23The crash that did not cause Britain's Helldiver rejectionQ&A
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1054:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1058:54How Fleet Air Arm priorities changed by 1943Notable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:59:54Why armored British carriers still depended on fightersNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:48:18Why Britain kept the biplane Supermarine Sea OtterQ&A
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)1:00824 Squadron trains the Royal Navy's Merlin submarine huntersChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)6:11Insignia and battle honours trace 824 Squadron's changing identityNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)17:59The Fairey Seal served the fleet's information problem firstNotable Point
- 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
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)37:09The Firefly was not simply an improved FulmarNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)38:49The sudden end of Lend-Lease disrupted postwar naval planningNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)49:41Whirlwind and Sea King experience helped create helicopter AEWChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)1:00:01Unit history turns inherited reputation into confidence and obligationNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:33:03Bearcat could bridge a delayed Sea Fury introductionQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:49:53Spiteful and Seafang extend a proven design lineQ&A
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines0:02Assessing the Fairey Fulmar by the job it was built to doChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines6:04Why wartime procurement control sent the Royal Navy to AmericaNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines9:26Why the Sea Gladiator became the celebrated stopgapNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines11:33From light bomber design to urgent fleet fighterChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines17:04Reconnaissance range and forgiving carrier handlingNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines20:16Fleet Air Arm control and the observer-led view of air powerChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines26:52Limited Fulmar upgrades and the night-fighter roleChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines38:32The two-year stopgap that wartime delays kept flyingNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines40:40Stanley Orr and the Fulmar's Mediterranean combat recordChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines46:33Bill Lucy's Skua victories and the limits of paper performanceNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines47:59Fulmar performance, armament, and the Taranto flare planChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines53:23Merlin spares and the Fulmar's invisible successesNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines58:48Fulmars from Cape Matapan to the Arctic and Far EastChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:08:06Strike disruption and the birth of practical fighter directionChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:12:23What 809 Squadron's Fulmar song says about service reputationNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:17:25How the absence of a hero mission shaped the Fulmar's reputationNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:05:03Extra tonnage reshapes British battleships, carriers, and escortsChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:15:00Larger carrier fleets expose differences in pilot replacementChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:42:11Multiple armored Ark Royals transform a Taranto strikeNotable Point
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment1:00:30Chatfield and Henderson press for better carrier fire safetyChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 554:28Giulio Cesare's protected berth at TarantoChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:25:36How the Royal Navy covers light transport aviationQ&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered58:38The 1920s aircraft that signals a fleet nearbyQ&A
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution30:41Why carrier aircraft totals are difficult to compareNotable Point
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution43:24Furious joins the multi-carrier campaign against TirpitzChapter
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!43:20Sustained investment could give the Fleet Air Arm 1,000-horsepower engines by 1930Q&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:17:16Would larger British carriers carry larger air wings?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:22:20Did Fleet Air Arm fighters use RAF vic formations?Q&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign52:02The Blackburn and the competition for ugliest aircraftNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:27:02More carriers reshape doctrine and aircraft productionChapter
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!24:20Why obsolete-looking naval aircraft once made senseQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!33:32Why Furious's forward flying-off deck became obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!34:18Why the Fleet Air Arm rejected the Brewster BuccaneerQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!34:54Why the Fleet Air Arm moved beyond a dedicated dive bomberQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!40:41How early US night-carrier doctrine could reshape the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!55:35What the Fairey Spearfish's remote turret was meant to provideQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:03:16Why a naval Typhoon would be an entirely new aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:59:10Why Britain used 18-inch aerial and 21-inch ship torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:55:05How continuous naval control could strengthen British fightersQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:04:35Why wartime Britain would move beyond ImplacableQ&A
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 22:38A cargo ship and aircraft carrier at onceChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 220:14Why four Swordfish were the minimum useful air groupNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 221:49Merchant command with a naval aviation detachmentChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 230:30Straight from conversion to the North Atlantic convoy lanesNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development17:38Argus turns limited carrier strength into a laboratoryChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development42:00Naval observers become the doctrine-building cadreChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development42:13Aircraft specifications must predict future requirementsNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development50:14Dual ranks could reverse the chain of commandNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:07:11Reginald Henderson creates the carrier command systemChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:35:31Swordfish and torpedo evolve as one weapon systemChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:38:51Six-aircraft flights attack from several bearingsNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:44:23Night attack makes torpedo-aircrew risk countChapter
- 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 & Development2:13:39Four aircraft families simplify a global air armNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:18:25The Admiralty treats air work as an integral naval functionNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered43:28Reginald Henderson's warning about fleet air defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:11If the Taranto strike fails completelyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:56Why American aircraft would reshape Royal Navy carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:59:55Why fitting British torpedoes transforms the TBD DevastatorQ&A
- 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 Answered2:28:21Why a later Helldiver still struggles to win Royal Navy acceptanceQ&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 Answered2:45:35Why a three-person carrier aircrew matteredQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:55:54Why twelve aircraft is a normal carrier squadronQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:58:51Building a naval aviation library from complementary referencesChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:04:08Tracing 801 Squadron through Sturtivant's reference workChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:12:21A monoplane Swordfish changes Fleet Air Arm developmentQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:19:45How British aircraft specifications shifted development riskChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:36:30From Flycatcher to Hawker NimrodChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:47:38An on-time Barracuda may eliminate the AlbacoreQ&A
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 629:34Regular orders sustain an aircraft-design ecosystemChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 61:03:27Aircraft reputations often follow one defining eventNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...36:02The Audacious-class Ark Royal as a Cold War centerpieceChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:13A modified Trieste LHD for Royal Navy amphibious aviationQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered7:38How HMS Unicorn could change the Bismarck pursuitQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:13:57Why the Fleet Air Arm was not built around a battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:19:31Rolling takeoffs aboard HMS UnicornQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:45:09The planned sequence of Unicorn follow-on shipsQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?27:01A helicopter program gives the Royal Navy an independent aviation pathNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:10:18Rotorcraft competition accelerates naval engine developmentNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 144:06Operation Avalanche tests Unicorn as a strike carrierChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s3:03:41Naval control of helicopters changes engine procurementQ&A
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals3:11Why Fleet Air Arm squadron numbers carry institutional memoryNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals12:30Why the Fleet Air Arm revived 809 SquadronChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals19:51Fulmars from the Arctic to Operation PedestalChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals21:20Experienced flights seed new wartime squadronsNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals24:29Why convoy fighters cannot be judged only by killsNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals28:45The Sea Hornet met the limits of British carriersChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals33:22How unit heritage creates a can-do cultureNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals47:58809 Squadron assembles Sea Harriers for the FalklandsChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals55:17More squadrons create operational and career depthNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:05:12809's return needs a larger supporting forceChapter
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time8:35A 1930 war favors the Royal Navy's aviation leadQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:27:29Faster monoplanes push torpedo drops toward parachute systemsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:33:17A British Zero becomes a heavier radar-directed fleet fighterQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:37:52Twin-engine torpedo bombers need a fleet-wide support systemQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:44:19Earlier high-power engines transform the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:49:31Modern piston knowledge gives Britain two aircraft generations before warQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?20:40Why naval aviators need a direct engineering voiceNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:01:12Reginald Henderson linked carrier exercises to wartime fleet designNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō4:00Ben-my-Chree in a wartime Fleet Air Arm songNotable Point
- 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
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers49:26A roadmap for the Year of Aircraft CarriersChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:34:02How the Fleet Air Arm would alter an A6M2Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:29:14The case for returning naval aviation to the AdmiraltyQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s19:32Naval purchasing power and Vickers' dive-bombing sightNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:17:08A turboprop Fleet Air Arm replaces the Swordfish generationChapter
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:20:03Early radar changes carrier and submarine warfareNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:34:00Why stronger carrier forces make Norway harder for GermanyChapter
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:35:41Landing-speed pressure brings angled decks and naval jets forwardNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:45:24Turboprops could relieve the Fleet Air Arm's horsepower shortageNotable Point
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 41:35Accident experience feeds later aircraft developmentNotable Point
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 415:19803 Naval Air Squadron brings the Scimitar to seaChapter
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 417:09The dangerous peak of 1950s and 1960s carrier aviationNotable Point
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 426:33A multirole concept ahead of its fleet structureChapter
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:50:21The air-group dispute belonged to Glorious, not CourageousQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:59:52Earlier light fleet carriers could transform British multi-carrier operationsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:11:44A three-carrier Taranto raid could decide the Mediterranean campaignQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:24:19A longer-lived Reginald Henderson could reshape the postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19285:12A workable 1928 route to funding Frank WhittleChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192847:04Early funding splits development between turboprops and jetsChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:48:20Carrier machinery savings become hangar and aviation capacityChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:06:58Vampire-like jets meet practical carrier turbopropsChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:30:20Turboprops give British carriers larger, more reliable air groupsChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:44:17Would earlier naval jets overturn the Inskip Award?Q&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:50:04The interwar Royal Navy was not simply anti-carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19283:09:14Why the British turbine lead creates a Japanese nightmareQ&A
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 30:22Why a useful naval-air capability can lose its placeNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 32:13Why the Royal Navy ordered the AlbacoreChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 37:24The Stringbag song and the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 339:03Better statistics did not make a beloved successorNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 344:45Carrier maintenance made the Taurus reliableNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 348:17Why spare Swordfish kept mixed squadrons flyingNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 356:59A widely used aircraft without an iconic victoryChapter
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 222:14Blackburn production and the narrow window for a 1918 raidNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 111:43Night reconnaissance was built into Fleet Air Arm practiceNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 113:19Observers shaped Royal Navy aviation doctrineChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 118:31Blackburn production inside a divided aviation systemNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 135:02Elite observers pursued higher-altitude warningChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 135:49The dual-rank system shaped who flew which missionsNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 139:54Fleet spotter flights became enduring naval squadronsChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 143:11Six-aircraft flights suited continuous early warningChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 147:26A dedicated lookout flight might have adopted radar earlyNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 11:01:33What earlier naval control might have done for fleet spottingNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 216:12Ark Royal as a strike carrierChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 236:12Pre-war carrier groups broken by wartime lossesNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 238:04Mobile air-superiority bubbles and opportunistic strikesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 244:02Formidable, Crete, and spare-parts logisticsChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 214:17Unicorn's label protected an aviation-support capabilityNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 243:02Taranto rewarded night-strike reliabilityQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 250:38Japan traded night aviation for surface torpedo freedomNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 252:36Why Unicorn belonged in the Far EastNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:02:35Stored aircraft sustained improvised naval air groupsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:20:53Pilot rotation traded peak strength for enduranceNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response6:56Why Ark Royal and the Illustrious class had complementary rolesQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:31:06A G3-sized carrier could handle twin-engine aircraftQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response5:12A carrier opponent strengthens the case for modern Fleet Air Arm aircraftNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response10:12Sea Gladiator, not Swordfish, was the relevant British fighterQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response15:05One German carrier changes deployment more than British designQ&A
- 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
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:03:59British and American carrier night operationsQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?49:21Carrier losses reduced Britain's response depthNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:18:32Force H embodied the fast response to surface raidersNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:33:28Ark Royal's delayed report helped the raiders escapeChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:40:22What British force could spring a convoy ambush?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:43:47A defective radar and incomplete report helped the raiders escapeChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:19:45Should four German battleships operate together or in pairs?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:28:48Why Royal Navy anti-aircraft fits still fell shortQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships30:52A global Royal Navy carrier force without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:17:37How interwar imperial investment could reshape the warQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:44:55Why the Royal Navy declined a carrier Gloster MeteorQ&A
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:00:56A German carrier keeps the early Seafire aliveNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:24:02Britain forms multi-carrier hunting groupsChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:41:36Atlantic pressure reshapes Mediterranean carrier deploymentsNotable Point
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies20:58The RP-3 finds useful naval and anti-submarine rolesChapter
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies1:04:37Air-to-air missiles extend fleet defense and compound Falklands attritionChapter
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare17:59HMS Ark Royal's possible Falklands rolesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare38:03A 42,000-ton Invincible-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:16:10Carrier aviation, rescue, and helicopter trials in KoreaNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:18:49Home Fleet concentration and rapid response off KoreaNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:49:20Aircraft spotting and the declining battlecruiser roleNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:21:35How to keep a naval counterfactual boundedNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:09:38Why larger carriers do not immediately restore naval control of British aviationQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:53:03Why British torpedoes were suited to Taranto's shallow harbourQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 911:47Royal Navy carrier strength before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series18:40Where two Implacable-class carriers might have servedQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series55:22Benghazi, Fleet Air Arm aircraft, and Pearl Harbor in printChapter
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:40:40What a gull-wing naval fighter would trade for carrier strengthQ&A
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:15:09Sturdee, the Washington treaty, and naval aviationNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:51How Air Ministry priorities weakened Fleet Air Arm enginesNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 423:05An air group built around Phantom and BuccaneerNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:34:22How more carriers change the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:37:52How more fighters could change the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:53:47How Britain might extend the SBD DauntlessQ&A
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI33:06The bomber theory that distorted British air prioritiesChapter
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!11:04Why the Fairey Firefly suited the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:23:09Why Ark Royal and Illustrious served different carrier rolesQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?41:16Why a good captain could make a poor admiralNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer30:06How an earlier Sea Hawk could change Fleet Air Arm ordersQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:03:38The Royal Navy's carrier force and construction pipeline in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:08:13British aircraft requirements behind the Dauntless comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:20:38Eric Brown as a source on operating Corsairs from carriersQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:34:54Fleet Air Arm aircraft: ageing designs and a failed conceptQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:40:28How an earlier Barracuda could change British carrier strikesQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:44:43How Barracuda delays produced the Albacore stopgapNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:48:26Why the Barracuda was less pleasant to fly than the SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:10:03Could an improved Helldiver have entered British service?Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:35:40How aircraft range expresses carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy51:50Why one Ark Royal was not simply multipliedQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy53:16HMS Unicorn as a force multiplier for carrier aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:14:40Spearfish horsepower answered the slow torpedo-bomber problemQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:29:31How engine allocation repeatedly reshaped the Fairey BarracudaQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:09:44Why a 1942 war would not use the historical aircraft listNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:11:44An earlier Fleet Air Arm could accelerate engine developmentQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:47:28A mature Spearfish could consolidate Fleet Air Arm rolesQ&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail36:03Taranto was more than its torpedo strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?9:57Why 100 Martlets would have matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?15:54The Brewster Buffalo as a 1939 Fleet Air Arm bridgeQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?36:57Comparing carrier air wings for a war delayed to 1942Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?45:52Why a navalised Typhoon must justify its hangar spaceQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?55:30How engine substitutions complicated the BarracudaNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:19:26Operation White and the cost of inadequate range marginNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:29:38Strategic-bombing priorities delayed naval dive bombingQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:33:19Why RAF bombers were absent from the Taranto planQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years19:46Reginald Henderson's route from destroyers to carrier constructionNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years44:10Why the Fleet Air Arm's fighter did not arriveNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:05:57Swordfish design for rugged torpedo attackNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:29:01Cancelled fighters and multirole naval aircraftNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?43:32Carrier exercises and the Fleet Air Arm transitionChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?48:18Layered fleet air defence depended on fighters and enginesChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:29:01HMS Unicorn added aviation support before the warNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:04:27Swordfish was specialised, not simply obsoleteChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:08:58Night range and repairability kept the Swordfish usefulNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:16:21Swordfish could also dive-bomb ground targetsNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued50:46Why the Royal Navy valued twin-engine carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:01:52Earlier British jets and restrictions on technology exportQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:37:15Carrier suitability mattered more than headline aircraft speedQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:27:39Vulcan and Buccaneer exercise stories need separatingQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:58:43Propeller aircraft without the Korean WarQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:56:36The Blackburn Roc arrived through the wrong doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:00:30Mobile Naval Air Bases supported the Fleet Air Arm ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:01:56Why the Swordfish eclipsed the Sea Gladiator in memoryQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:09:41The Fleet Air Arm was caught between servicesQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:20:30Royal Navy carrier doctrine before the warQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:54:26Earlier Fleet Air Arm integration would reshape more than displacementQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:31:18An Army Air Corps would leave naval aviation inside the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:05:13Aircraft development favoured Seafire over Sea HurricaneNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 78:00Radar changes the carrier-defence problemNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 716:47The treaty compromise in Illustrious's designChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 729:00How inter-service separation consumed carrier spaceNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 730:06Breaking up an air attackNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 734:07The single-seat fighter Illustrious was meant to carryNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 735:03Why a carrier's aircraft total can misleadNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 740:03Why Fulmars needed a standing combat air patrolNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 755:20Why long-range carrier aircraft carried navigatorsNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane43:30Converting Blackburn Rocs into more useful SkuasQ&A
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 351:49Warspite and the outmatched Eastern FleetChapter
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?24:52RAF formation, service politics, and logisticsNotable Point
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?32:08What earlier Blackburn Skua procurement changesQ&A
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?39:46Using the Blackburn Roc as a naval-base night fighterQ&A
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?51:34Sea Hurricanes, Wildcats, and 1939 readinessQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:16:40How a war delayed to 1942 changes Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:23:42How British carrier aircraft gained a homing systemQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:32:48Could the Dauntless bridge the Barracuda gap?Q&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:57:18British changes helped the Wildcat matureQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:59:47Engine, pilot protection, and wing changes to the WildcatQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:07:39British Wildcat armament matched boom-and-zoom tacticsQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)26:16Carrier air defence, radar, and the Me 109TNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)31:15Graf Zeppelin and the case for better Fleet Air Arm fightersChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)33:37The night-strike danger to Graf ZeppelinChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)36:47Sortie generation as Britain’s carrier advantageNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)43:34Would a carrier battle reshape British naval memory?Notable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:57:47Fleet patrols and a concentrated carrier night strikeNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...2:00:24Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo deliveryNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...2:03:44Night flying, landing aids and theatre-dependent deck parkingNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation23:06Fuel management as carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation27:24Distinguishing the books titled Find, Fix and StrikeQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation38:56British and American carrier safety convergeQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation57:38Taranto's damage reshapes Italian fleet strategyChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:14:32Why incendiaries offered little at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:15:15Why the Fleet Air Arm made Swordfish its scoutsQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:45:28Fleet Air Arm control could change aircraft supplyQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:48:15Three missed opportunities in carrier aviationQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:00:34Fleet Air Arm observers: goggles, weather, and MorseChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:39:23The Fleet Air Arm's fight for dive-bombing toolsChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:59:48Hellcats served the Fleet Air Arm; Dauntless combat use is uncertainQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:12:08The Fleet Air Arm and Corsair deck landingsQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation4:11:44Fleet Air Arm influence on Top Gun's training modelQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus41:29Air Ministry priorities and Royal Navy aircraft shortagesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:39:59Could the Bristol Type 133 become a British Corsair?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:34:06Why better British fighters would not end Lend-LeaseQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History0:59A naval air arm retained in 1918Chapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History7:41The Admiralty expected a free naval air service from the RAFNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History12:34The Fifth Sea Lord puts aviation at the Admiralty tableNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History28:00A politically plausible fleet-air compromiseChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History30:38Bases, squadrons, and navalized aircrewChapter
- 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 History54:50More carriers create an industrial reserveQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:13:05Naval procurement could accelerate jets and gas turbinesQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:25:12A continuous cycle of carrier fightersNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 760:49The counterfactual: RNAS fleet units stay navalChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 764:46Where the naval aviation boundary fallsQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7619:45A major air service needs a voice at the AdmiraltyChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7637:12Keeping the naval aviator officer pipeline intactQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7645:13Jutland as the proof of fleet aviationChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7657:34The Sea Is One case for naval air basesChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:07:56Avoiding divided ranks and divided carrier crewsNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:11:12A stronger air component for mobile naval basesNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:19:52Could industry supply separate RAF and naval aircraft?Q&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:43:33More small carriers create a stronger fleet-carrier benchChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:03:12Carrier experience drives better destroyer air defenceNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:08:22Dominion crews gain experience through the wider fleetQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:24:38A mature naval dive-bomber and fighter pipelineChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:24:40Why the extra carrier hulls matter mostNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat26:14If the Royal Navy retained the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 63:15Fleet Air Arm control and engine prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword4:25A larger air group for IllustriousNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:08:02HMS Unicorn as a forward aviation-support shipNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:10:26How Unicorn shaped the light fleet carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:13:37A starting book for British light fleet carriersQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'33:55A Royal Naval Air Service without an independent RAFQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword33:39A supersonic naval fighter changes Falklands carrier design and lossesQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:14:30A delayed war gives the Royal Navy time to replace obsolescent carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:41:54British aerial torpedoes also carried working magnetic detonatorsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:05:41An AEW conversion should discard the obsolete gun turretQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:42:01Use battle honours to find a naval story worth pursuingChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:44:49Fleet Air Arm honours connect successive warsNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:06:39Why Fleet Air Arm strength left the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:23:51Ark Royal's readiness for a January 1939 crisisQ&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?31:50Carrier fighters and wartime development in 1939Chapter
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build1:08:28Why piston aircraft remained useful after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build1:09:11A personal forecast for uncrewed carrier early warningQ&A
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?19:40The Fleet Air Arm remains under naval controlChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites12:52Fisher in the 1930s: bigger guns and naval air powerQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites39:26Fisher, the Fleet Air Arm, and a gull-wing SeafireQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response37:03Fleet Air Arm control and informal information networksQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response49:59Carrier torpedo bombers before twin-engine conceptsQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response51:07Twin-engine strike aircraft and Britain's light-bomber traditionQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?8:24How interservice competition sustained naval aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?45:55Carrier doctrine needed critical massNotable Point
- 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
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:34:16The Blackburn Skua hid a dive bomber inside a fighter requirementQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late5:12Henderson's 2,000-horsepower engine order for the Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late10:15Power-to-weight limits on Barracuda and naval fightersNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat26:27The Steep Atlantic on convoy life and wartime careersChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:53:12Sea Fury and Swordfish as Fleet Air Arm favoritesQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty12:38Interwar admirals could doubt current aircraft yet expect rapid changeNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty16:35Why maritime forces require specialized integrationChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:35:12Why Britain did not convert an Admiral-class carrierQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 414:34Ease of low-level flight gave Buccaneer its NA.39 edgeQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 441:47A more robust airframe may have given Gannet the procurement edgeQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 6535:20Furious and the dead end of a split flight deckChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:20:25Courageous and Glorious retained a doctrinally obsolete deckChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:16:51Armor or a purpose-built naval Spitfire?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:18:18How Admiral-class carriers could reshape interwar aviationQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 653:02:57Would CVA-01 need a specialized Phantom?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War11:13What could replace the TBD Devastator before the Avenger?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War17:27Why more British carriers may not change German naval planningQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War22:21Keeping Courageous and Glorious changes carrier allocationQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War29:15Royal Navy aircraft procurement favored sustained operationsQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War32:22Fabric covering did not make every Swordfish wooden-framedQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War38:20The Gloster proposal was too fragile for repeated deck landingsQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War43:43RB.106 engines would transform Scimitar and Sea Vixen performanceQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War45:23Swordfish and Lancaster crews debated who could dive harderNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War50:49A Supermarine alternative to the Blackburn RocQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:06:15Royal Navy air-group command was a short career stepQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:10:44Demand for flight decks repeatedly saved Argus from retirementQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:16:29A roll call of naval Victoria Cross actionsChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:56:11The Fairey Gannet traded jet speed for enduranceQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:20:22Carrier landings demanded split-second deck coordinationChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:22:18Argus messes managed their own food accountsChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:23:28Eyewitnesses aboard Argus and Eagle describe carrier lifeChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:25:59The Buccaneer stayed subsonic to excel at low levelQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video37:30Why senior command needs more than combat specializationQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:01:41Force Z and the consequences of pausing carrier constructionQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:20:40Why low hangars constrained later British armored carriersQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:25:07How the Royal Navy might fight YamatoQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:16:14Which hulls replace the large light-cruiser carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:27:06How G3 or Admiral-class carriers could reshape doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:34:53Designing an Admiral-class aircraft carrierQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:41:56When jet carrier air wings surpassed propeller aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:50:02Why Britain did not mount a Mosquito raid from a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:21:55Cunningham on Mediterranean air power and logisticsChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:17:04A canceled naval fighter and the uncertainty of wartime prioritiesNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video19:30A three-carrier version of the Taranto raidQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video34:12Admiral-class conversions and a Navy-controlled Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video54:09Three British carriers waiting in the Indian OceanQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:25:33Taranto's harbor geometry protected Giulio CesareQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:02Skuas could add dive bombing to a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:47:58A reliable modern aircraft would displace the AlbacoreQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:08:29An early Centaurus could accelerate Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:19:51Keeping carrier aviation under naval command changes developmentQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:28:50Earlier British carriers expand the options at Taranto and against BismarckQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:41Why trade-protection carriers stalled before the warChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations21:33HMS Unicorn signals a new prewar aviation directionNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France39:21A larger carrier force intensifies the Taranto raidNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:06:04Which carrier would support the French fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:27:16A much larger carrier strike on TarantoChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 357:05Why the Royal Navy valued American carrier fightersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out34:09Improvements that might have prolonged Sea Vixen serviceQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out55:47Why the Supermarine Scimitar endangered pilotsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:22:10Why US surprise at Royal Navy biplanes is overstatedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:24:37The Supermarine C.5 the Fleet Air Arm might have hadQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:39:26Why tactics matter more than aircraft specifications aloneQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments11:18Why the Far East command needed naval political weightQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments47:16Building naval counterfactuals from contemporary argumentsQ&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches15:52Carrier doctrine as a test of officer educationChapter
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches1:28:18Scheme graduates built the interwar and wartime NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches2:13:39Ark Royal occupies the center of the interwar fleet portraitNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194113:13Carrier losses consume irreplaceable experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:17:24How Almirante Cochrane's conversion shaped British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:36:48How a six-carrier policy could preserve British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:45:54Fleet standardization favors F-35s over cheaper F/A-18sQ&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193924:13Accelerating Unicorn and Royal Navy carrier supportNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193932:24Turning British aircraft engines into mass productionNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today31:46A possible Guardian name for Blackburn's carrier AEW aircraftQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack57:34Adding a second carrier to the Taranto strikeQ&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:53:23Why Taranto did not make Italian battleships irrelevantQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 226:35If the first Swordfish strike had crippled BismarckQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:08:40How saving Courageous and Glorious could reshape 1940Q&A
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))16:52Richard Bell Davies traded rank for active serviceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))32:13Alexander Ramsay's naval-aviation experience remained availableChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))38:55A wartime Admiralty needed leadership depthChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)16:16Falklands experience versus the promotion planNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)34:47Richard Bell Davies chose convoys over a senior staff deskChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:25:18Alexander Ramsay advised naval aviation without a sea commandChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:31:16How the Fifth Sea Lord related to naval aviationQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:35:12Charles Lambe was not the Taranto aviatorQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:10:44When the Blackburn Roc might have been replacedQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:19:16How a war delayed to 1942 changes Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:30:27Carrier aircraft and ships develop as one systemQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)11:39Why larger carrier orders could improve naval aircraft soonerQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)52:21Why aircraft count is a poor carrier classificationQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)59:13A larger carrier force and Fleet Air Arm independenceQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:28:54How an independent Fleet Air Arm could shape naval fightersQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:35:38Was HMS Unicorn an auxiliary or an aircraft carrier?Q&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)40:16Carrier design follows theater and strike doctrineChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)7:20A two-tier fleet and light-carrier systemChapter
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)37:04A Swordfish turns an illuminated harbour buoy into a targetNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)37:50Charles Lamb's Swordfish escape from Fiat fightersNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)40:08Swordfish operations and the loss of ParamythiaNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)57:16HMS Unicorn and the politics of ship classificationNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)15:17Admiral-class hulls as fleet carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)50:59Why the Westland Wyvern is often overlookedQ&A
- 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
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:25:01How Malta-class carriers might have sustained naval aviationQ&A
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)41:09Churchill Barriers and air defence reshape the baseNotable Point
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:48:05Would heavy bombers have helped a Taranto carrier strike?Q&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:48:29How the Martlet compared with European fightersQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:49:04Why the Albacore failed to displace the SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:11:07Reginald Henderson's overlooked rearmament workNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions31:04How the Fleet Air Arm adapted to Lend-LeaseQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:01:53Fairey Spearfish and the Malta-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:11:28Hawker Sea Fury service in the Korean WarQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:14:10Rebuilding Royal Navy air power from 1934Q&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:12:31How carrier growth could reshape Fleet Air Arm controlNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet20:21How to approach Sharkey Ward's critique of defence politicsQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet38:41Sea Fury delays and inter-service engine prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet51:31Sherbrooke, Casper John, and Eric Brown rising to the occasionQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet58:24Using aerial torpedoes against dams and bridgesQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)29:28Merchant-shipping loss and the limits of family memoryNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)45:11Force Z, gun choices, and interrupted carrier constructionNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)47:30Keeping shipboard aviation under naval commandNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)59:50Fleet Air Arm bureaucracy and the missing 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:32:57Air attack forced British destroyer armament to changeNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:17:35Why a Blackburn Blackburn question became a Swordfish lessonQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:50:08Pairing each Illustrious with a UnicornQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:22:54How Admiralty money could conceal aviation developmentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:56:28Why cancelling Taranto only postpones the fleet attackQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:20:33Why surviving Malta carriers change the Invincible decisionQ&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)3:18What would extra Commonwealth carriers change?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:20:53A Pacific-first war redirects fighters and radar to the fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:28:39What fleet would Britain send to the Far East?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)49:05Royal Navy experience supports Okinawa's night air defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World24:52Why three carriers do not require three air wingsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:12:19How larger air groups create cumulative advantagesQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:15:26Using treaty leverage to build a larger carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:32:16How more conversions could accelerate Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:44:34Why larger armored carriers adapt better to jetsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:45:46Replacing the Royal Navy's experimental carriers earlierQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:52:48Why Victorious was modernized before later armored carriersQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment4:26What if a Malta-class carrier appeared in 1935?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:49:02If the Royal Navy regained the Fleet Air Arm in 1932Q&A
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)21:02Bedford's final visit to his son's grave in MaltaNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books33:01Why a biplane was still a rational 1930s naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:33:02The missions that shaped the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:47:45The Barracuda and its lost Rolls-Royce Exe advantageChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:38:31Why landing was the Seafire's greater Iwo Jima dangerQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:13:46The British follow-on considered for the Sea VixenQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books13:29Fleet Air Arm operations and usable source notesChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books15:58Escort carriers, mining, and shared repair capacityChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books18:05Why the Swordfish remained useful at nightNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider24:40Which services held influence before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:07:11Reading The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier criticallyChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru42:20What Admiral-class carrier conversions could changeQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:30:56Why Giulio Cesare was hard to attack at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:43:22Twin-engine aircraft and the Taranto problemQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:48:28Fleet Air Arm Corsairs and Lend-Lease disposalQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:22:06Why British armored carriers did not operate jets during the warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)15:01A purpose-built naval Spitfire alternativeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)18:28The industrial network behind Fleet Air Arm aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)25:43Why the Fulmar suited a layered carrier defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)32:15Why a standardized fighter group could sustain Mediterranean CAPNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)45:48Why the Albacore struggled to replace SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)55:47Why the Fulmar's combat record resists a simple verdictNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)58:11Why a purpose-built naval fighter was not producedQ&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: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:28:32What a Sea Mosquito could add to carrier doctrineQ&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)11:58What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)14:18Carrier survival preserves people as well as flight decksNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)19:26British carrier doctrine valued sorties and combined decksNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)31:12A lost flight helped shape British carrier layoutNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued48:18Berwick’s Arctic and Norwegian endgameChapter
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)56:16Carrier cover and Operation CounterblastChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)3:55The dash-in, dash-out minefield missionChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)6:08Why Fleet Air Arm night flying matteredNotable Point
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)2:47The Type 72X enters carrier serviceChapter
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)15:00Why early beacons depended on specialist aircrewNotable Point
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)25:23North reference makes homing easierNotable Point
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)36:12The Type 72DP reduces the aircrew burdenChapter
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)41:31The precision watches behind the beacon systemNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:12:24Why Seahawk is not a direct replacement for MerlinQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:50:16Swordfish minelaying options in the Taranto plansQ&A
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)40:16Why naval aviation needed observers at nightChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)40:16Carrier aircraft as long-range light forcesNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)45:35The beacon system that brought aircraft homeNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)45:35The rapid development of the Type 72 beaconNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:07:46Taranto as a navigation achievementNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:10:51The Fleet Air Arm's interservice translation problemNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:25:03Observers as navigators and ship-recognition specialistsNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:34:47Carrier night recovery before radio beaconsChapter
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:37:51A second Taranto raid could restore the planned scaleQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:03:07A carrier raid on Kiel could reshape the Atlantic warQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?28:47Could an extended hangar preserve a 48-aircraft group?Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?31:52A carrier built for fleet air defenceChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?34:35Which later aircraft could the carriers operate?Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?44:15Glorious's air group and a larger Taranto strikeChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?48:12The first American carrier aircraft arrive around 1941Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?53:35Furious demonstrates the wartime value of an old conversionChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:12:52A six-aircraft Blackburn flightQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:36:48Radar did not remove the need for fightersNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:48:13British aircraft available for Coral Sea or MidwayQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:54:44How Sea Hurricanes could fight the ZeroQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:05:26When British carriers might adopt American aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:11:23Barracuda before SpearfishQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov33:23How earlier losses shaped Denmark Strait optionsQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:59:36Why the Swordfish program begins before its famous specificationNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:10:45British repair versus American aircraft replacementNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:38:13Why was Britain unusual in building forward aviation support ships?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:59:53What was Britain's equivalent to the Seabees?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...3:10:56Would a twin Pegasus engine have helped the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions29:04How Air Ministry choices shaped the Roc and SkuaNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions38:49Fuel injection could have strengthened early British naval fightersQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions1:22:39A modernized Unicorn would remain a modest light carrierQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:40:28Eric Brown explains why the Albacore failed to replace SwordfishChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:05:37A 1954 Unicorn rebuild would trade old guns for modern AAQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary0:07Taranto and the changing balance of sea powerChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary7:45Why torpedoes mattered more than bombsQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary17:26Cunningham's confidence before TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary38:29Experienced Swordfish crews after carrier lossesQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary41:42Ark Royal's advertised strike role became part of the deceptionNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary46:23Why Britain did not rely on bombs alone at TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary56:15Why Fulmar fighters defended fleets differentlyQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:07:39The Royal Navy's single aerial-torpedo optionQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:08:38Carrier command after Admiral ListerQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:40:48What the loss of Glorious removed from the Taranto forceQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:43:41Recovering downed Fleet Air Arm crewsQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:48:33From Sopwith Cuckoo to Swordfish: more than a similar silhouetteNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:55:10The Abyssinia Crisis reveals a mature Taranto planNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:42:47Why the battered Swordfish returned to serviceNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:48:55Operational attrition beyond enemy fireNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:49:50John Wellum's career after TarantoQ&A
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p42:08Operation Judgment's two-wave planChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p45:58Why Illustrious sent spaced strike wavesNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p49:06Eagle's absence reduces the strike forceChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p49:53How Illustrious launched Taranto's second waveNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p412:26Long-range fuel tanks turn endurance into dangerNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p425:30What the raid reveals about Swordfish resilienceNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p428:08Operation Judgment's damage and naval significanceChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p430:06The crew-and-aircraft partnership behind Swordfish legendNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p432:54Why the Swordfish outlived its planned replacement cycleNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P32:32Reconnaissance and the need for carrier-held intelligenceNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P313:05How the Royal Navy measured Taranto's successNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P314:54Moonlight, navigation, and the reach of the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P330:06A weapon system developed for Taranto's problemChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat15:46Would faster postwar aircraft transform Taranto?Q&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles2:39:16Could the Blackburn Firebrand have mattered in 1942?Q&A
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)7:13Why HMS Eagle still mattered in 1940Notable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:31:01Admiral-class carriers and an independent naval air armNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:19:42Taranto and the Swordfish's real wartime valueNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:25:43Barracuda timing and tailored British carrier air groupsQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:45:14Firebrand and the cost of delayed naval aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:53:39Twin-engine carrier aircraft and the Admiral-class alternativeNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:17:06Carrier losses shaped Force ZQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:49:12Taranto planning may have predated the 1930sNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:45:49Why the Royal Navy armoured the carrier hangarQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:35:30The planned 1918 carrier torpedo raid on the High Seas FleetQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:24:22Beatty's political miscalculation over naval aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?17:36Flycatcher flexibility before mature carrier operationsNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?26:40Why Air Ministry priorities constrained the Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:02:15A Blackburn Blackburn successor might have become an early-warning aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:31:53The unrealized Supermarine gull-wing naval fighter pathChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:41:19Why powerful engines so rarely reached Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:55:02How carrier size constrained twin-engine naval aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:10:13How the Royal Navy organized night carrier strikesQ&A
- 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
- 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
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:32:47Why the Fleet Air Arm retained the Firefly's two-seat roleQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:41:10Bomber doctrine, not malice, set Air Ministry prioritiesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:42:41A delayed war would have transformed carrier forces on every sideQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:49:02Why long-range naval aircraft needed a second crew memberQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:52:50What earlier Royal Navy control could have changedQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:00:07The Albacore's dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:03:21The Spanish Civil War challenged bomber-first assumptionsQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:14:24The Fulmar was shaped by long-range maritime strategyChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:18:56Barracuda and Fairey's long-range aircraft lineageChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:24:15Barracuda complexity versus Swordfish simplicityNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:29:38Why the Buccaneer was a poor fit for COD and tanker dutiesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:33:59Why Britain persisted with the Wyvern while America abandoned the SkysharkQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:44:20How larger battlecruiser conversions could reshape British carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:54:20How many aircraft might a rebuilt Implacable have carried?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/44:03The cost of neglecting Italy's fleet air armQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:46:38Could the Fleet Air Arm's Operation C night strike have worked?Q&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:01:05Land-based night attacks and carrier night operations required different skillsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli10:09Why Burzagli wanted naval aviation under fleet commandNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany7:54CAM ships, MAC ships, and escort carriersChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:32:30The larger Illustrious that treaty limits constrainedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:27:57An Audacious-class carrier in the FalklandsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari18:24Carriers, air defence, and radar left behindNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different5:12Ark Royal emerged from a long procurement path and fixed dock limitsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different9:52Ark Royal and Yorktown as stepping stones to later carriersNotable 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
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:20:44Requirements for a modern Swordfish successorQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:56:27How the Fleet Air Arm distributed American fighters by theatreQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:59:25Fleet Air Arm aircraft in attacks on TirpitzQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral15:08Why small commands develop future admiralsNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:43:44The Buccaneer and inter-service procurement incentivesNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper21:28CVA-01 and the cost of carrier aviationChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:02:02A German carrier war in the North SeaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:38:05If Midway ends without decisive lossesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:21:34Audacious-class carriers in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:54:16A Royal Navy night-strike answer to Operation CNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:52:40Britain enters World War II without an independent RAFQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)5:00:50Catapults and UCAVs for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)5:03:26Joint RAF and Royal Navy F-35B procurementQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response20:08Cannon armament and carrier-aircraft trade-offsQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:14:04The Defiant P.94 as a missed naval aviation optionQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:18:32Navalizing the P.94 as a Fairey Fulmar alternativeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War19:23The Royal Navy's possible case for retaining carrier aviationNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z6:33Churchill and the carrier construction pauseNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant18:25Taranto and Fleet Air Arm public visibilityNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:39:16Bristol Beaufort maritime strike serviceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:05:23RAF and Fleet Air Arm organizational tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:10:36Carrier lifts and folding-wing aircraftQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live32:56British carrier aircraft by 1944Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live41:39British Avengers as torpedo aircraft and bomb trucksQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:04:40Why carrier fighter control differed from the RAF systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:51:52Swordfish flare aircraft at TarantoNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:56:40RP-3 warheads for anti-shipping strikesQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:59:49A pilot can qualify in months; experience takes a systemQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books10:35An observer could command a Buccaneer squadronNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:13:27The torpedo-carrier idea for HMS EagleQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:55:21Which carrier air groups were considered eliteQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:36:45Why Tirpitz survived longer than Pearl Harbor battleshipsQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”10:45Why the Swordfish's biplane form did not make it obsoleteNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”14:06What the RAF inherited from the Royal Naval Air ServiceQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”41:19Singapore exposed the RAF's maritime credibility gapNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”50:56Why Coastal Command U-boat kill totals need attribution checksQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:01:17Who conducted maritime surveillance before Coastal CommandQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:57:18What the Royal Navy funded first in 1930s rearmamentQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:30:02The Royal Navy-RAF joint F-35 forceQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:02:58How early Fleet Air Arm reform had to begin for 1939Q&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:01:57Why Swordfish covered convoys early in the warQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:21:49Carrier air defense worked by breaking attacks apart in layersQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:13:33Why naval radio telegraphy needed another crew memberQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:22:17Osprey exercises expose fighter direction before radarNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:41:21When cannon reached the Sea HurricaneQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:50:28Sea Furies strike from British and Australian carriers in KoreaChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s3:08:09A speculative 1941 Supermarine naval fighterNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:04:52Why HMS Unicorn remained a one-ship experimentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:32:57How radio beacons helped aircraft find their carriersQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)24:44What aircraft the Malta class might have carriedQ&A
- 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
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)48:21Britain trades carrier quantity for a technology edgeNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)55:26Nick Goodhart and the safer carrier landing systemChapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:05:53Eric Brown tests the boundaries of carrier aviationChapter
- 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
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:11:29Why Eric Brown did not become a rear admiralQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:04:43Comparing the Sea Hawk with Soviet MiG fightersQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:52:51How the Royal Navy temporarily searched the wrong way for BismarckChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:50:11How a source network recovered Dickie Cork's lifeChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:55:24880 Squadron works up aboard HMS IndomitableChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:03:09Why carrier air groups need more crews than aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:07:17How Fleet Air Arm maintainers were organizedQ&A
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval1:12:50Radar tied air reconnaissance to the pursuit of BismarckNotable Point
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval4:09:00Which periods and subjects are covered by this research and teaching?Q&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:19:52Did Philip Vian lack the aviation experience to command carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces2:22:37Were British aircraft carriers treated as capital units?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy19:54Did Swordfish fly combat air patrols?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy1:42:51Operation Millet prepared the Eastern Fleet for Pacific operationsChapter
- Prince Philips Navy1:45:29Operation Lentil struck Japan's Palembang oil supplyChapter
- Prince Philips Navy1:54:01Operation Meridian assembled a large carrier force against PalembangChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy5:05Indomitable puts carrier aviation in operational contextChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy12:36Carrier patrols and warning in a Pedestal novelNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy24:28A naval fighter must fit fleet range requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:16:24A counterfactual chain from Beatty's carrier policy to PQ 17Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:50:10How naval control might have changed carrier-aircraft developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:00:06Could manufacturers profit from frequent new naval aircraft types?Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:15:01Radar changed the case for fighter developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation29:24Fleet Air Arm helicopters in Borneo's hearts-and-minds campaignChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation40:24F-35 numbers and a mixed crewed-uncrewed air groupQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:03:04Dual-qualified pilots add flexibility to a carrier air groupNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:39:34A practical wartime improvement for the Fairey FulmarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:46:49808 Naval Air Squadron from Ark Royal to KoreaChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:13:21An early Fairey Barracuda in the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:25:10Barracuda and Avenger as mature wartime strike aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:51:24Fleet Air Arm aircraft were designed for a different carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:01:36The Fairey Fulmar's record against Axis air powerNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:10:41Why long-range naval fighters needed a navigatorQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:21:51Judge carrier aircraft within their operating doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:26:16Kido Butai's elite strength lacked replacement depthQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:30:13Rotating combat pilots back into training preserved experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:49:59The tension wire behind shallow-water torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:16:14Writing a stronger 1935 Fleet Air Arm fighter requirementQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:22:35Why the Sea Fury advanced while the Martin-Baker MB5 did notQ&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War2:17Blackburn Roc plans show crowded carrier operationsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War4:23US and British carrier night fighters reflect different constraintsNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease4:09HMS Formidable and the armoured-carrier tradeoffNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease6:01How wartime demand freezes available designs into productionChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease12:26Swordfish crews reveal over-water navigation tradeoffsNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:58:53F-35 batches and the size of a future British fleetQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...28:57Why Britain's rearmament program was aimed at 1942Chapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:47:43Why used-up Lend-Lease equipment was not repaid item by itemQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...2:37:36Lend-Lease as a strategic transactionChapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:02:13A second Ark Royal and larger Illustrious-class carriersNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:05:51Air power depends on immobile infrastructureNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:26:52Why Royal Navy strike aircraft needed navigatorsQ&A
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks0:51Sea Harrier rocket trials turn misses into evidenceNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks2:29Blue Fox radar enables a surprise Sea Harrier interceptNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks4:03Ward confronts a threat to squadron cohesionNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks10:01Empire MacAlpine becomes an improvised convoy air carrierChapter
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks11:01A merchant carrier combines several services into one crewNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from36:54Who judged whether Britain could exceed treaty tonnage?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:07:23Vian's account of British carrier strikes supporting OkinawaChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:10:54A fatal night interception forces rapid fleet-wide trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:13:52Two telegraphists keep wounded Avenger crews aliveNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:21:57Night carrier qualification was not the same as combat proficiencyNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:44:15Caspar John enters an awkwardly divided Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:51:59Interwar naval pilots fly without parachutes, brakes, or modern instrumentsNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:49:28A shortlist of outstanding naval memoirsQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s34:34Hermes, Sea Harriers, and the airborne early-warning gapNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection0:28Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineagesChapter
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection2:40The Fleet Air Arm's postwar aircraft transitionChapter
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection4:53Following an aircraft through its service lifeNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection6:04Seafire, Seafang, and Attacker entriesNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection6:48Fleet Air Arm colors, units, and ships before 1939Chapter
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection7:40446 Flight scouts in a Mediterranean fleet exerciseChapter
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection12:16Using complementary references to reconstruct naval aviationNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection12:38From Blackburn Shark specification to sea trialsChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)4:25A reserve air branch for fleet depthChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)22:15From cancelled CVA-01 to the Invincible classChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan7:58How closely RAF Buccaneers supported the Royal NavyQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:52:51Family war service and the limits of oral historyNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19163:19:38Beatty's mixed interwar policy legacyNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:14:36How Britain and America expanded trained wartime crewsQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 33:48Frederic Dreyer brought operational authority to the China StationNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:44:21Seafire operations aboard HMS ImplacableChapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:45:41Seafire carrier landings could wreck aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:48:53Implacable's Norwegian raid and a recovered FireflyNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:50:23Embarking aircraft after the ground crews had already leftNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:53:11Landing on a carrier that could swing out of the windNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:35:55Who controlled carrier aviation in 1927?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History2:49:12Supermarine's unexpected naval aircraft proposals beyond the SpitfireChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History3:00:12How good might a Supermarine Swordfish have been?Q&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 32217:35Evidence for a lost Supermarine carrier fighterChapter
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 32240:01What two more peacetime years might change at SupermarineNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 2/3 Swan to S.6B27:35A 2,350 hp engine in 1939 would reshape British air powerNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 2/3 Swan to S.6B30:01Why racing horsepower could not immediately transform naval aviationNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 231:05The Supermarine Seal served carriers as a flexible search aircraftChapter
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 232:38The Royal Navy's Seagull order kept Supermarine in businessChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:30:05Naval stories that deserve films: Taranto and Fleet Air Arm memoirQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:23:11How G3 carrier conversions might have transformed naval aviationChapter
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:33:51A notional 72-aircraft G3 carrier air groupQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:42:09How G3 conversions could redistribute the older British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)2:41:19Defining an aircraft carrier by its primary weaponChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered3:32How carrier navies kept spare aircraft availableQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered30:12Why the Royal Navy wanted twin-engine carrier aircraftQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered48:08Armoured carrier decks before the kamikaze threatQ&A
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys8:51Fleet Air Arm dispositions across five carriers in 1939Notable Point
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys9:55Helicopters as experimental fleet-air technology in 1939Notable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers16:59A Hood conversion counterfactual for twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...12:12Fighter-reconnaissance and pre-radar air defenseChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...16:55Carrier strike exercises and dive-bombing practiceNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...22:13Torpedo strike within a mixed carrier air groupChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties30:06Air-group accounting changes carrier comparisonsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s55:53Why seaplanes remained useful after deck aircraft took overQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:25:04How carrier air-group organization differed among naviesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:29:10Why squadrons benefited from long-term carrier pairingsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:42:24Why Philip Vian was given command of British carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:10:10Ark Royal was conceived as the fleet's striking punchQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History43:01Phoenix Squadron and the need for reliable carrier tankersChapter
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History47:41Testing a Buccaneer's refuelling equipment with a live fuel transferNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters17:55How war disrupted Royal Navy carrier replacement plansNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters37:00Carrier experience did not give the Royal Navy full procurement controlNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:47:12Somerville's green staff and the Eastern Fleet's night-strike planChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:59:15Stringbags as an illustrated naval-aviation historyChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint59:29Exercise CD exposes the surface-raider search problemChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII8:22The Fulmar and Firefly followed separate paths from P.4/34Chapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII12:31The institutional gap behind Albacore procurementNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII17:35How the Fulmar stopgap became a wartime commitmentNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation12:15Peacetime constraints make the Fairey IIIF a multirole naval aircraftChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation17:52The three-seat Fairey Seal points toward the SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation19:59Specification M.1/30 forced difficult carrier-aircraft compromisesChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation25:58From S.9/30 and TSR prototypes to the Fairey SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation31:32Fleet Air Arm needs passed through Admiralty and Air Ministry layersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation43:05Why the Albacore and Barracuda did not quickly displace the SwordfishNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI1:31How the Fairey III defined spotter-reconnaissance aviationChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI11:58Production numbers confirmed the Fairey III's spotter roleNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI34:02The Flycatcher's single-seat fleet interceptor roleChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI42:51A Flycatcher defect led to Britain's first official contractor dive testsNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI44:30The Flycatcher and Skua show prewar Royal Navy dive-bombing continuityNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company18:43A twin-engine path for interwar Royal Navy aviationNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company33:05Naval aviation requires a specialized industrial ecosystemNotable Point
- 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
- 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
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:41The Wyvern as a turboprop insurance policyNotable Point
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"13:21The Sea Venom brought all-weather jet interceptionNotable Point
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"15:13A new carrier force took the lead at SuezNotable Point
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:55Light fleet carriers lead Britain's Korean War air effortChapter
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:46Seafire FR.47 brings a wartime fighter lineage to KoreaChapter
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"18:08Sea Fury proves a piston fighter still matters in KoreaChapter
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"22:53Skyraider interest and Sea Vampire training expose the straight-deck transitionChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"12:59British and American combat air patrol tradeoffsNotable Point
- 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
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"19:23Caspar John as the Royal Navy's aviation advocateChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"21:42Rebuilding the political case for naval aviation after 1945Chapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:42Fleet carriers, convoy escorts, and strike escort carriersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...7:19The Blackburn Roc answers the call for a navalized DefiantQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...50:16The Fairey III evolves around carrier handling and payloadChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:07:24The Fairey III F becomes a naval general-service workhorseNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:15:04Why the Fairey III F was finally declared obsoleteQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:27:42The Flycatcher turns a fleet fighter into a dive-bombing pioneerChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:36:38British dive-bombing leadership yields to the heavy-bomber doctrineNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:59:44The Spitfire was not simply a converted racing seaplaneQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:01:02Gordon and Seal stretch the Fairey III lineage into radial powerChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:20:10A demanding torpedo-bomber specification leads toward SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:20:48Why the Swordfish remained successful through WWIIQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:29:43How Admiralty requirements passed through the Air MinistryQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:45:36A Swordfish squadron could be dispersed across several carriersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:55:21Carrier workshops trade air-group size for sustained readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:08Which jet took over the carrier strike role?Q&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:48Pilot rotation preserved air-defence expertiseNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:11Caspar John makes the case for naval aviationChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"44:15Why carrier jets arrived graduallyChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"51:20Fleet Air Arm growth required a global shore networkQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:20:15How Fleet Air Arm manufacturer preferences changedQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:20:15Korea showed the value of a mixed piston air groupChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:26:17Why the Fleet Air Arm had no operational jets in KoreaQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:55:03Suez showed a rapidly modernised carrier forceChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:46:36Bigger aircraft reduced a carrier's air-group countNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol30:34Air power and radar at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol36:48Mediterranean carrier attrition drained the Far East planNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol37:41How carrier losses consumed irreplaceable expertiseNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond11:27Why a second strike at Taranto was not pursuedNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond33:38Torpedo debris reveals only part of the shallow-water methodNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond42:51Why Taranto and Pearl Harbor resist simple comparisonChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond52:10A small carrier force produces a strategic resultChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos10:24The Blackburn Skua over NorwayNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction48:21Why the invasion was not a naval cakewalkNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:03:39How Illustrious recovered aircraft in darknessNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:06:02Rapid repairs keep the second wave viableNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark9:22Henderson creates a specialist carrier-planning staffChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark13:22The Abyssinian Crisis makes a Taranto strike operationalChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark16:07Glorious develops a night torpedo plan that Pound rejectsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark18:28Why a night torpedo raid seemed too costlyQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark20:15Caspar John tests procurement against night-flying needsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark23:26The uncertain value of prewar anti-aircraft estimatesNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark35:46Eagle's fuel leaks strain an ageing carrierNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark39:19Why Illustrious changed Cunningham's optionsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark46:40A hangar fire delays the operationNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark50:09The hangar fire revives an unadopted rubber-hammer recommendationNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark51:27An internal fuel tank displaces the Swordfish observerNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark54:04Naval air engineers restore Illustrious's damaged air groupNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:01:42Why RAF-Royal Navy rivalry obstructed intelligence sharingQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:03:29Caspar John's flying experience challenges Harris's dismissalNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:26:24Eagle reinforces Illustrious despite staying in portNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark19:49Glorious and the mid-1930s Taranto planQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark22:54Where did the Royal Navy practise harbour attacks?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark27:16Twenty aircraft and the coming of carrier air powerChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark30:14Why the Swordfish needed a navigatorNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark40:35Why Fulmars did not escort the raidQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark44:40Why was the follow-up mission cancelled?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:14:29Did the Fleet Air Arm rehearse Taranto in detail?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:03:16The command careers that followed TarantoNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:11:04Why did the Royal Navy not immediately return?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:23:58How the Fleet Air Arm remembers TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:39:14Repairing a Swordfish in twenty-four minutesNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:41:24When an unexpected Swordfish returned earlyNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:09:49Charles Lamb expected to be the sole survivorNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:14:21Dead reckoning and a damaged night deck landingNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:19:26Celebration, exhaustion, and Cunningham's signalNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:21:09Why a second raid was not carried outNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:40:30How radio silence protected the strikeQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation14:49How a Greek naval project led toward the SwordfishChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation24:03Aircraft choices follow naval doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation37:00The naval aviation cost of 1918Chapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:14:45809 Naval Air Squadron develops the Buccaneer forceChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:11:03Gannet: from anti-submarine patrol to early warningQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:36:04A Swordfish attack run at TarantoChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:52:16Taranto's losses and Fleet Air Arm confidenceQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:55:38An aircraft has to be available to fightNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:14:43Caspar John on what an aircraft carrier containsChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:20:20Training crews and synchronizing a carrier air groupNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:26:02What Fleet Air Arm airfields in Pembrokeshire supportedQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:27:28When two British firms competed to build one naval aircraftNotable Point
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books12:44Combining carrier profiles with squadron and air-defence researchNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War50:44Taranto through a Swordfish pilot's memoirChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War54:22The fleet operation surrounding the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:18:00A second carrier at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:21:08HMS Hermes and a Fleet Air Arm in transitionChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:36:27A CVA-01 air group and airborne early warningQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:46:27Why the wartime Royal Navy doubled in manpowerQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:56:23The danger of Swordfish long-range tanksQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:39:47Anti-piracy patrols and carrier operating practiceQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:48:28Why British carriers could not always launch an alpha strikeQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review51:26Sea Fury pilots could make MiG-15 fights dangerousQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review59:03Low-flying naval helicopters and a hover-taxi through StanleyNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty16:13Where the Anglo-French Air Effort Came FromQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty58:25Carrier Air Support at Both Ends of the OperationNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:28:21The Suez Fleet and Its Logistical TailChapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:45:30Early Jets and Carrier AviationQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:51:24Cold War Questions Shaped Carrier HistoriesNotable Point
- Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video0:59Dart components simplified Fleet Air Arm sparesChapter
- Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video3:28Landing gear for early carrier arresting wiresNotable Point
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:14How the Royal Navy shaped the Skua specificationChapter
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:53Henderson's fighter-dive-bomber specificationNotable Point
- Making Wooden Airscrews (Propellors) - 4 Minutes3:21The Blackburn Shark and the M.1/30 requirementNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)7:45The Swift as a carrier torpedo-bomber experimentNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)14:48How specifications and unit histories are used togetherNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)29:26The Dart and the rise of night carrier operationsChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)43:34Reliability as a route to Fleet Air Arm proficiencyNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)57:20Operational requirements bridge Admiralty and Air Ministry controlNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:05:24Baffin conversion preserves aircraft and squadron continuityChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:11:55Shark combines multirole performance with catapult serviceChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:48:48Blackburn's interwar Fleet Air Arm legacyChapter
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:15M.1/30 and the aircraft it set in motionChapter
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:41Blackburn's route to Fleet Air Arm torpedo bombersNotable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:55How M.1/30 became S.15/33Notable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)1:51Defining the Fleet's future strike aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20Why Blackburn's designs followed naval requirementsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A39:37Why Nabob and Puncher carried HMS prefixesNotable Point
- Blackburn T.5 Rippon - 2 Minutes (ish)1:20The Ripon II's structure and folding wingsChapter
- Blackburn T.2 Dart - 2 Minutes0:15Why the T.2 Dart suited carrier decksNotable Point
- Blackburn T.2 Dart - 2 Minutes0:36How the Dart helped refine aerial-torpedo techniqueNotable Point
- Blackburn T.2 Dart - 2 Minutes0:51Dart torpedo training at GosportChapter
- Blackburn T.2 Dart - 2 Minutes1:08The Dart at public air displaysNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 213:24Richelieu and the Swordfish mythNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish0:35Sea Flight and the Fleet Air Arm's global warChapter
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish2:01Hurricanes, HMS Anthony and Royal Marines in MadagascarNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish8:00Swordfish, Taranto and carrier-landing cultureNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish10:49Naval Wings: a Swordfish pilot's wider warChapter
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish12:26How Naval Wings checks memory against official recordsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish14:26Flying through Red Sea mirage conditionsNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers0:41Why carrier command culture still encouraged aggressionNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers6:49Formidable as a battle-fleet support carrierChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers17:10Fulmars: useful patrol fighters with a costly limitationChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers26:43The abandoned rocket distraction for TarantoNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers28:36Sea Gladiators and CR.42s in their early-war contextNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers41:10Why the Swordfish kept returning to depleted air groupsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:30A reference for Fleet Air Arm squadron historiesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A58:46How the Blackburn Blackburn acquired its doubled nameNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:09:08A delayed war and 2,000 hp Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:12:41Tracing postwar Fleet Air Arm aircraft by serialChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:27Reconstructing interwar Fleet Air Arm units and markingsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:48:01Fleet Air Arm torpedo and dive-bombing rolesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:06What if Taranto had used another carrier?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:58:01I Sank the Bismarck and a memoir's central claimChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:41Did RAF Mosquitos work with the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Introduction to Crete 194125:08Air defence fails to become airfield denialNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194136:03HMS Formidable reveals the fleet's supply strainNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 410:40Aircraft production without an immediate bombing threatNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 412:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...49:08How a Far East war would rebalance British aircraft productionChapter
- 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
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:57Royal Navy trade warfare versus decisive battleNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 410:12Fleet carriers and naval fighters gain priorityNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 422:26Italian air power faces a Pacific-tested carrier fleetNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 441:24Why the Swordfish can survive unexpected damageNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 449:16A Pacific war reshapes Fleet Air Arm aircraft prioritiesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 450:20Aircraft-production capacity drives the Mustang counterfactualNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:35:10Why Fleet Air Arm officers also needed ship command experienceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A13:55How retired Harriers still supported naval trainingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A50:27The disputed case for retiring Sea HarriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:30Why British carrier aircraft lagged in 1939Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:52Why Rafale fits France better than BritainQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:40:55The Fleet Air Arm in Commonwealth air trainingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:25:25Fleet Air Arm groups in the late 1940sQ&A
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 223:25Why Royal Navy submarines vanish from broader historiesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A49:29The Blackburn Buccaneer in technical detailNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:42A visual guide to the wartime Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4351:37Radar reconnaissance let Somerville track an enemy that could not find himNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:00:36Mobile naval air bases extended carrier maintenance overseasQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:09:49Fleet Air Arm doctrine was constrained by engines and aircraft supplyQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:14:09Why an all-fighter HMS Hermes was not the ideal answerQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:26:16The officers who carried Fleet Air Arm doctrine into senior commandQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"43:58The Battle of Britain and the naval barrier to invasionNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You12:51HMS Unicorn as aviation support infrastructureNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)6:49Supermarine Walrus: one aircraft, many naval jobsNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War7:43British flying boats as fleet reconnaissance assetsChapter
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?14:04RAF control severed naval aviation's engineering linkChapter
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?15:27Keeping a naval seaplane network aliveChapter
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?18:42A naval home for Coastal CommandNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?19:49Coastal Command at the bottom of Air Ministry prioritiesNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops23:05Why escort carriers needed fighters as well as ASW aircraftNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar20:24Carrier air groups and fallback supportNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A12:01Eric Brown makes naval aircraft testing readableChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:57Making the Corsair work at sea took hard testingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:21Long-nosed fighters forced carrier-landing techniqueQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:28Fleet Air Arm fighter choice often came down to availabilityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:12:00CVA-01 could have reshaped British naval aviationQ&A
- 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
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 14:06David Beatty: charisma, politics, and command limitsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A26:18Japanese and British naval aces in paired readingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:59:18Why risking Formidable off Crete could be strategically rationalNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A1:35The Blackburn Buccaneer's strength as a strike aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A1:51Why carrier aircraft drove demand for powerful enginesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A13:46How a larger air group might alter TarantoQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A18:14Aircraft standardization for Operation DownfallQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A26:59How F-35Bs would transform a Falklands scenarioQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:54:40Sea Fury and Sea Vixen as British carrier-aircraft favoritesQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192947:16M1 linked carrier command, torpedo performance, and strike concentrationNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:29:03A source for Swordfish and Albacore historyNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie0:50Why Britain planned several kinds of carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie8:14Reginald Henderson and the carrier building programmeChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie21:26How Taranto tested the adaptability of armoured carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie25:48Lyster's carrier expertise and Admiralty responsibilitiesNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie28:18The cost of qualifying carrier crews for night flyingNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:15:32How British carriers operated in wartimeQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:26:24Why carrier procurement needed an experienced Third Sea LordNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A26:03HMS Unicorn combined aviation support with light-carrier operationsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A42:31Joint F-35 ownership made training the carrier constraintQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A50:15Fleet Air Arm flights become carrier squadronsQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:12:36Did contemporaries recognize Henderson's influence?Q&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!12:04Why wartime aircraft began as prewar designsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!26:45RAF pilots and the Navy's observer corpsQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:04:11Why favor smaller repeated strikes?Q&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:06:07Why aircraft and carrier design must matchQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:11:02Why Britain did not field twin-engine carrier aircraft earlierQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:44:49War interrupts a planned carrier transformationNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:56:02Radar's value to British night carrier doctrineQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:56:36Why the Swordfish biplane was not obsolete thinkingQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:58:41Eric Brown as a source on Fleet Air Arm fightersQ&A
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)3:23Warspite's Swordfish exposes the ambushesNotable Point
- Battle of The River Plate - A River Plate 80 Video44:03Ajax launches her reconnaissance aircraft for gunfire spottingChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)13:04Henderson's engineering case for naval control of aviationChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)16:31Henderson's lost wartime leadership and joint-service politicsChapter
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video18:31Woodhouse links ammunition economy to carrier aviationNotable Point
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)6:02Reginald Henderson's practical case for larger destroyersNotable Point