Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Flight Deck Operations

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  1. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:37:35Why Hermes could not combine Harrier and commando operations easilyQ&A
  2. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    38:27Why larger carrier air groups can create deck congestionNotable Point
  3. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    2:09:43Why carrier islands stayed on the starboard sideQ&A
  4. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:42:53Helicopter undercarriage geometry shapes flight decksNotable Point
  5. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:08:16Could an uncrewed second air wing overcome carrier operating limits?Q&A
  6. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    1:56:18Why a stable midships helicopter deck can still be unsafeQ&A
  7. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    16:21How early carriers recovered aircraft with little machineryNotable Point
  8. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    3:12:53Missile launches make the weather deck hazardousQ&A
  9. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:49:33Why Sea Dart belonged forward on InvincibleQ&A
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    5:32:06Why British carriers use ski jumps while US LHDs stay flatQ&A
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    6:38:29Bearn's specialised lifts and obstructed flight deckNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    8:16:21Would an all-turbine Bearn have a more useful career?Q&A
  13. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    1:06:27Why carrier islands beat flush decksChapter
  14. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    1:09:21Why large light cruiser hulls constrained carrier conversionsNotable Point
  15. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:48:13Nagumo's rearming cycle cost the strike windowChapter
  16. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:16:20Rearming against the reconnaissance clockNotable Point
  17. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    1:09:22Carrier self-defence must fit flight operations and support networksChapter
  18. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    1:15:10National carrier weapon fits reflect aircraft and readiness choicesChapter
  19. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    4:52:53Why fitting 130 Hornets would make a Nimitz less effectiveQ&A
  20. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    18:32Flight trials replace Eagle's twin-island proposalNotable Point
  21. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    20:10How specialized lifts could cripple operationsNotable Point
  22. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    31:06Joffre's design and flight-deck tradeoffsNotable Point
  23. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    57:11Wasp would have added a third American flight deckNotable Point
  24. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
  25. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:23:05Flight-deck operations constrained evasive maneuverNotable Point
  26. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    3:47Why cheaper sea-control carriers could not replace a supercarrierNotable Point
  27. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    25:50Designing the ship around flexible sortie generationChapter
  28. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    10:46An angled deck exposes an inherited elevator conflictChapter
  29. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    15:21Flight-deck parking constrains sortie generationNotable Point
  30. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    22:50Air-group capacity depends on deck arrangementChapter
  31. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    33:32Refits and elevator changes turn experience into design knowledgeChapter
  32. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    59:49Pearl Harbor's second wave as a sortie-generation problemNotable Point
  33. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    2:06:34Why a larger carrier cannot use unlimited aircraftQ&A
  34. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:31:03When a carrier takeoff can no longer be abortedQ&A
  35. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    21:43The eight-inch guns show an awkward carrier compromiseNotable Point
  36. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:28:37Do hangar positions make some aircraft fly more often?Q&A
  37. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    23:26Graf Zepplinski becomes the Red Fleet's carrier schoolhouseChapter
  38. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    36:31The rebuild turns Graf Zepplinski into an experimental jet-age carrierChapter
  39. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:13:17How would Soviet naval aviation integrate with the carrier?Q&A
  40. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    32:40Hosho reveals carrier scaling and early flight-deck hazardsNotable Point
  41. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    40:08Early arresting wires leave deck crews catching aircraft by handNotable Point
  42. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    44:08Why a carrier's accident rate may spike during workupsQ&A
  43. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    40:53Match the flight deck to aircraft and operational aimsChapter
  44. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    41:41Trace how carrier launch and recovery gear evolvedNotable Point
  45. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    1:01:38The Helicarrier's flight deck creates avoidable hazardsNotable Point
  46. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    28:45The Sea Hornet met the limits of British carriersChapter
  47. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    43:41Furious exposes the problems of hybrid flight decksChapter
  48. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    38:50Carrier and aircraft design reveal doctrineNotable Point
  49. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    0:01A capable aircraft mismatched with British carriersChapter
  50. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    1:35Accident experience feeds later aircraft developmentNotable Point
  51. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    17:09The dangerous peak of 1950s and 1960s carrier aviationNotable Point
  52. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    12:27Why carrier bridges stayed in the islandQ&A
  53. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:56:05Carrier islands remain tall because direct sight still mattersQ&A
  54. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    43:27Why launching 24 aircraft was not enoughQ&A
  55. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:36:58Continuous carrier strikes reduce the German raiding forceNotable Point
  56. Albany Class: Comment Response
    24:48Why carriers depend on escorts for defenceQ&A
  57. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    2:23:02Recovery range and flight-deck throughputChapter
  58. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:39:54The Mosquito's first carrier landingChapter
  59. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:42:19Mosquito wingspan and the risk of swinging off the flight deckNotable Point
  60. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:43:29Mosquito arrestor-hook failure at 18,000 poundsNotable Point
  61. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:49:52Malta-class catapults and lifts for large aircraftNotable Point
  62. USS Wichita: Comment Response
    36:49Carrier crash barriers and flight-deck safetyNotable Point
  63. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    1:07:31Why a Skyhawk can roll off an Essex flight deckQ&A
  64. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    3:58:24Could a flat-deck ship reload vertical-launch cells at sea?Q&A
  65. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    41:47Helicopter trials widened the class's training and experimental valueNotable Point
  66. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:16:09Why side flight decks complicate a tumblehome carrierQ&A
  67. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    6:50Furious put superstructure and exhausts in the aircraft's pathNotable Point
  68. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    14:54Eagle's T-shaped lift sacrificed future flexibilityNotable Point
  69. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    22:12Bearn's elaborate elevators slowed aircraft movementChapter
  70. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    35:05Courageous and Glorious repeated a flawed flying-off deckNotable Point
  71. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    39:20Lexington and Saratoga spent carrier capacity on cruiser gunsChapter
  72. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    44:37Akagi's multiple decks could not keep pace with aircraft growthChapter
  73. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:08:26Hiryu's port-side island created avoidable flight hazardsNotable Point
  74. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:23:12Carrier designers keep relearning the cost of false economyChapter
  75. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:40:06What were the posts along early carrier flight decks?Q&A
  76. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    38:20The Gloster proposal was too fragile for repeated deck landingsQ&A
  77. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    3:20:22Carrier landings demanded split-second deck coordinationChapter
  78. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    51:16Why recovery is harder than launch on an improvised carrierQ&A
  79. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:20:37Why did early carriers use longitudinal wires?Q&A
  80. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    1:35:04Why a US carrier shooter touches the deckQ&A
  81. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    1:36:38Why ski jumps improve STOVL carrier operationsQ&A
  82. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    3:01:42Centreline stability versus deck-edge capacityQ&A
  83. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    3:17:07Protecting deck-edge lifts and moving aircraft weaponsQ&A
  84. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    30:42Why the Royal Navy avoided routine deck parkingNotable Point
  85. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    32:42How early arresting wires kept aircraft on the deckNotable Point
  86. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    50:10How carrier islands supported faster flight operationsNotable Point
  87. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    4:07:49Q&A: why Queen Elizabeth carriers have two islandsQ&A
  88. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    2:19:00How much a loaded Swordfish weighedQ&A
  89. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    9:53How Illustrious launched Taranto's second waveNotable Point
  90. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    1:56:17Why aircraft carriers place the island to starboardQ&A
  91. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:14:50Airfield and carrier scramble rates depend on readinessQ&A
  92. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:59:17What seventy extra meters would give the Queen Elizabeth classNotable Point
  93. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    38:11Queen Elizabeth class sortie generation without catapultsNotable Point
  94. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    1:24:43Helicopter ripple cycles sustain continuous ASW coverageNotable Point
  95. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:49:41Why weather did not excuse Glorious's missing air patrolQ&A
  96. Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War
    2:17Blackburn Roc plans show crowded carrier operationsNotable Point
  97. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    11:53Flight-deck teamwork reduces a convoy carrier's exposureNotable Point
  98. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:23:11How G3 carrier conversions might have transformed naval aviationChapter
  99. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    2:45:45Carrier speed can cost aircraft capacityNotable Point
  100. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    6:37Carrier ships and aircraft had to develop togetherNotable Point
  101. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    22:16Ark Royal's lifts support simultaneous deck tasksNotable Point
  102. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:40:35Deck-edge outriggers create parking space and fire separationNotable Point
  103. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:28:00Could a stiff deck wind lift a parked Swordfish?Q&A
  104. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    48:48Why carrier islands usually sit to starboardNotable Point
  105. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:34:11Illustrious makes her own launch windNotable Point
  106. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    2:30:08What the CV-01 'Alaskan Highway' was forQ&A
  107. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    9:33Why some aircraft carriers use two islandsQ&A