Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Floatplanes

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  1. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:20British and American floatplanes needed different shipboard equipmentQ&A
  2. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:20Royal Navy Kingfishers served mainly in training and patrol unitsQ&A
  3. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:42:12Royal Navy Seamew totals are recalled only approximatelyQ&A
  4. The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate
    21:43Admiral de Ruyter class: mine warfare, floatplanes, and torpedoesChapter
  5. The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate
    34:27How many destroyers for home waters and the East Indies?Notable Point
  6. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    1:04:20Sleipner and a local militia capture German shipsNotable Point
  7. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    1:02:40The SOC Seagull's usefulness fades beside carriers and patrol aircraftNotable Point
  8. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:19:27Why most navies favored floatplanes over flying boatsQ&A
  9. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:34:00Why no clear 'best unused floatplane' stands outQ&A
  10. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:45:23What changing a landplane into a floatplane requiredQ&A
  11. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:51:46Why uncrewed floatplanes are unlikely to returnQ&A
  12. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:04Choosing shipborne aircraft by missionQ&A
  13. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:53:09A floatplane Albacore would scout for battleships and cruisersQ&A
  14. Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...
    20:39The Ro.43 as the Regia Marina's fleet scoutChapter
  15. Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...
    23:28Why the Ro.43 remained Italy's shipboard aviation mainstayNotable Point
  16. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    3:05:38Why the 1948 Seagull is the wrong floatplane comparisonQ&A
  17. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:19Why Warspite's floatplane attack at Narvik was exceptionalQ&A
  18. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    7:43A seaplane tender worked as a mobile base, not a carrierChapter
  19. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    15:45Split Fleet Air Arm control obstructed a tender programChapter
  20. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    39:14Walrus, Swordfish, and Catalina offered different patrol reachChapter
  21. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:11Why Japanese carriers relied on cruiser scoutsQ&A
  22. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    28:13Task Force 3 as the credible discovery forceChapter
  23. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    33:07A storm-covered sighting and the shadowing problemChapter
  24. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    1:53:05Why a 1,200-ton autoloading destroyer needs a complete mission designQ&A
  25. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:34:56Tōne and Chikuma fit ocean raider huntingNotable Point
  26. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:48:18Why Britain kept the biplane Supermarine Sea OtterQ&A
  27. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    2:31:01The Walrus matched British shipboard aircraft requirementsQ&A
  28. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    22:45John Collett's case for a flying-deck cruiserChapter
  29. Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 2
    0:43Why the Sopwith Cuckoo marks a carrier-aircraft turning pointChapter
  30. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:03:47Why Hood repeatedly gained and lost aircraft facilitiesQ&A
  31. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    51:50Why floatplanes could not replace escort carriersNotable Point
  32. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    45:09A treaty sloop could combine light guns with floatplane reconnaissanceQ&A
  33. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    54:44Floatplane sloops could extend convoy reconnaissance and ASWQ&A
  34. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    3:54:25The postwar Seagull could fit battleship-scale aviation spacesQ&A
  35. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:14:16Johan Maurits van Nassau in the defense of the NetherlandsNotable Point
  36. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    15:16Did cruiser gunfire force scout planes overboard?Q&A
  37. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    0:00Why the Brooklyn class paired firepower with reconnaissanceChapter
  38. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    30:20Philadelphia supports the Safi landings in Operation TorchChapter
  39. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    37:39Savannah becomes the First Division's tank killer in SicilyChapter
  40. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:35:46How were Italian cruiser floatplanes recovered?Q&A
  41. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    1:13:36Why the Supermarine Walrus remained indispensableQ&A
  42. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    57:48The Des Moines-class aircraft hangar arrangementQ&A
  43. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    1:56:26How British cruisers handled their floatplanesQ&A
  44. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    27:40Walrus floatplanes doubled as fleet taxisQ&A
  45. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    28:03How warship floatplane launches became routineQ&A
  46. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    46:01Helicopters rapidly overtake the 1948 Supermarine SeagullQ&A
  47. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    2:26:35Why the Royal Navy did not put floatplanes on sloopsQ&A
  48. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
  49. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    54:36A moonless night removes the planned illuminationNotable Point
  50. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:02:17Destroyer star shells become an improvised substituteNotable Point
  51. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    17:36Flycatcher flexibility before mature carrier operationsNotable Point
  52. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    1:25:40Heinkel He 60 and Germany's shipborne reconnaissance systemNotable Point
  53. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:53:04A reconnaissance cruiser needs aircraft, not another gun turretNotable Point
  54. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:59:04The risk of making an 8-inch cruiser do scouting workQ&A
  55. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    2:03:08Tone's all-guns-forward and all-aircraft-aft compromiseChapter
  56. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction
    3:08Why naval aviation began with reconnaissanceChapter
  57. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    6:16Why cruiser floatplanes disappeared from wartime fleetsNotable Point
  58. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    13:41Fairey III floatplanes extended Royal Navy presence in the AdriaticNotable Point
  59. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    17:25Why floatplanes and sloops multiplied peacetime naval presenceNotable Point
  60. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:51:44Swordfish float conversion was available across the fleetQ&A
  61. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    9:24Supermarine Walrus: common engines and flexible rolesNotable Point
  62. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    14:07Why biplane floatplanes persisted into World War IINotable Point
  63. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    17:55Curtiss SOC Seagull: an American spotting floatplaneNotable Point
  64. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    36:17Fiat RS.14: a Mediterranean reconnaissance floatplaneNotable Point
  65. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)
    5:56The postwar appeal of water-based fightersNotable Point
  66. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:38:50The Supermarine Seagull wins the favorite-floatplane questionQ&A
  67. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    40:42Comparative sea-floatplane doctrine remained a research gapQ&A
  68. The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)
    3:23Warspite's Swordfish exposes the ambushesNotable Point
  69. HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile
    15:33Edinburgh-subclass range, aircraft, and command capacityChapter
  70. HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile
    21:03Town-class cruisers tested as raiders and raider huntersNotable Point