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- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:55Modern guns and a usable helicopter hangar for TigerNotable Point
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- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:11:47Carrier workshops can support escorts' helicoptersNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:57Why anti-submarine warfare needs ships, aircraft, and helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:18Why the Royal Navy chose Sea King over Puma for ASWQ&A
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- Twelve Odd Ships54:14Modern task groups coordinate submarines at arm's lengthNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.17:38Would ASW helicopters rescue the hybrid-carrier idea?Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered14:52Why a task group is more than its individual shipsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered33:17Why even early helicopters threatened wartime submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:36:10Arming wartime helicopters with heavy rocketsQ&A
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- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s4:36Building a plausible 1930s helicopter divergenceChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s11:31What the Westland Whirlwind benchmark demandsChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s18:53Moving de Bothezat's helicopter demonstration to the NavyChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s23:52Moffett turns helicopters into a funded naval programChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s30:33The Dragonfly generation proves useful before it becomes powerfulNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s34:28The treaty-era aviation cruiserChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s39:51Would Britain choose helicopter cruisers or sloops?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s42:52How replacing Warspite's seaplane would affect SupermarineQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s43:52Why convoy helicopters would need rocketsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s44:51Helicopters deny U-boats their convoy approachQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s47:21Argus and Langley as helicopter testbedsQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s52:51Treaty law decides whether helicopter carriers countNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s54:24How helicopters reshape early-war ASWChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s56:31Helicopter sloop orders support shipyards and dispersed patrolsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:01:14Swordfish range and helicopter responsiveness divide the workNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:03:39Rescue, mine warfare, and identification broaden helicopter utilityNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:11:18Helicopter speed relative to a submarineNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:25:29Helicopters make a clear stern more valuableNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:32:23An ASDIC escort holds contact while helicopters attackNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:36:43Could helicopter conversions replace CAM ships?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:37:46Why early helicopters cannot simply be made shorterQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:38:57Could interwar acoustics produce dipping sonar?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:40:23Could a shorter helicopter fit existing carrier hangars?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:42:41Why Hedgehog and Squid do not replace helicopter depth chargesQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:53:03Cruiser helicopters combine display with rapid boardingNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:58:44How quickly could Marines create helicopter air cavalry?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:04:36The helicopter race spreads beyond Britain and AmericaChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:13:46Night helicopters change the Dunkirk and Calais evacuationsQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:19:16Surface-search radar gives helicopters an airborne-warning pathChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:23:06Mature helicopters change postwar escort choicesNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:26:11Battleship helicopters replace floatplane handlingChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:35:59How many people support three cruiser helicopters?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:38:20Why early helicopters would still use visual gunfire correctionQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:44:03Treaty limits make destroyer helicopters unlikelyQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:45:11How high can a helicopter spot naval gunfire?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:46:44Why early helicopters make the naval war unpredictableChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:54:16Could dawn helicopter patrols warn Pearl Harbor?Q&A
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- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:57:47Why helicopters would not light the Taranto strikeQ&A
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