Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Multi-Role Aircraft

Also searchable as Multirole Aircraft.

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  1. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:03:54Why bomber airframes can support many rolesQ&A
  2. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    18:12The Blackburn Skua's incompatible rolesChapter
  3. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    21:25Why wartime aircraft development favors specializationChapter
  4. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    43:42Overlapping aircraft fleets smooth capability gapsChapter
  5. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    43:14The post-Cold War budget paradigm turns against specialistsNotable Point
  6. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    48:01Specialist aircraft versus one-airframe efficiencyChapter
  7. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    48:23The Swordfish and the recurring one-airframe temptationNotable Point
  8. Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers
    0:00Why a supersonic V/STOL aircraft became so difficultChapter
  9. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:27:39Why GCAP is unlikely to copy the F-22Notable Point
  10. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:02Why carrier air wings moved away from dedicated strike aircraftQ&A
  11. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:11:24An aircraft carrier built on an Incomparable hullQ&A
  12. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:14:06Would larger British carrier aircraft change the Zero?Q&A
  13. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:29:04A twin-engine, all-purpose Fleet Air ArmQ&A
  14. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:44:41Why a common carrier airframe must do more than intercept bombersQ&A
  15. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:16:12Why multi-role aircraft make carriers growNotable Point
  16. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    29:09Why carrier air-wing arithmetic retired the specialist VigilanteChapter
  17. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    31:54The Swordfish and Skua as carrier multirole precedentsNotable Point
  18. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:13:18Air-wing commonality can sacrifice specialist performanceNotable Point
  19. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    3:07:19Multirole economy displaced specialized carrier bomb trucksNotable Point
  20. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    49:31Carrier aviation moves toward multi-role jets and AEWNotable Point
  21. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:25:52Several firms keep naval aircraft roles evolvingNotable Point
  22. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:13:39Four aircraft families simplify a global air armNotable Point
  23. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    0:01A capable aircraft mismatched with British carriersChapter
  24. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    13:39Cannon, missiles, bombs, and the Red Beard nuclear roleChapter
  25. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    19:20A multirole aircraft squeezed between specialistsChapter
  26. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    23:02The Scimitar as naval aviation's midfielderNotable Point
  27. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    26:33A multirole concept ahead of its fleet structureChapter
  28. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    30:25The search for other jet-age midfieldersNotable Point
  29. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    45:48Multi-role twin-engine air groups and availabilityChapter
  30. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    50:56Twin-engine aircraft as fleet scouts and shadowersQ&A
  31. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:56:45Joffre's attempt to replace Bearn's operating systemChapter
  32. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    22:13Torpedo strike within a mixed carrier air groupChapter
  33. The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation
    12:15Peacetime constraints make the Fairey IIIF a multirole naval aircraftChapter
  34. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    31:06The Blackburn Firebrand's multirole ambitionNotable Point
  35. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:40:25Swordfish ripple dives reveal a broader attack repertoireNotable Point
  36. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:43:17The Swordfish served far beyond torpedo attackQ&A
  37. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    3:03:52Carrier numbers shape aircraft specialisationQ&A
  38. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:32:35Swordfish attack the reconnaissance aircraft that could find the fleetNotable Point
  39. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:18:20Shared parts versus a genuinely multirole carrier aircraftQ&A