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- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:09Naval staff priorities after the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:50A broader Japanese pilot-training systemNotable 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)1:08:35Would Enterprise be retained for specialised carrier work?Q&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)2:07:53Peacetime does not supply the Luftwaffe's wartime lessonsQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:14:28Newer home-based fighters could release Spitfires and Hurricanes for AsiaNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:59:12Would Japan adopt British-style night flying?Q&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:33Better fighters need a system for passing on experienceQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:22:05Buffalos in Malaya: missing requests and inexperienced pilotsNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:24:07Why defend the Brewster Buffalo's aircraft design?Q&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:04:11Success preserved Japan's elite pilot-training modelNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:35Why an air force needs more than its highest-scoring pilotsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:49:59How would Japan crew many more carrier air groups?Q&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor0:11How did Japan procure and plan its naval aircraft?Q&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor2:14Early pilot selection reserves the best candidates for strike aviationNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor58:45A5M pilots resist the closed cockpit's restricted viewNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:12:19The hidden cost of Japan's elite pilot systemNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:17:16Pilot shortages also slow Japanese aircraft developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:51How navies qualify carrier pilots without a deck-capable trainerQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:47Would training barges help pilots qualify for carrier landings?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:25Japan's stockpile: pilot training and aircraft protectionQ&A
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 313:32Japanese aviation expansion outstrips production and trainingNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 324:14Elite pilots without replacement depthChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 325:38First World War experience and the value of pilot reservesNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:05:16Why aircraft alone cannot modernize North Korea's air forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:06:30Why air-show maneuverability cannot solve the Su-57 numbers problemQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…5:06:30What sustained Fighter Command through the Battle of BritainChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:03:04Why more Japanese carriers would not solve the air-group shortageQ&A
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!5:34Carrier construction outran aircrew trainingNotable Point
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!30:10Air groups shrank as Japan lost pilots, fitters, and aircraftChapter
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!39:59What if Japan began mass light-carrier construction in 1937?Notable Point
- 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?33:12From cautious pursuit to strategic reversal at MidwayChapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:25Drone pilots, carrier landings, and naval-aviator qualificationsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:23Should naval drone pilots receive different wings?Q&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:59Magic Carpet and the skills carrier pilots needQ&A
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility26:54Vietnam's low-level strike mission and its costsChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?54:10Small air-defense gains compound across a long warNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:32Saving Japanese pilots changes the Guadalcanal choiceQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:48Japan's reserve pilots and the A7M programmeQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:45What a Japanese naval pilot-recovery system could preserveQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:37Why the Hawk successor must feed pilots into TempestQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:10Why late-war Japanese aircrew limits cannot be projected back to 1941Notable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...34:25Five Buffalo squadrons carried the Far East fighter burdenChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...36:21How the Ki-43 changed the Buffalo's air combat prospectsNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:18Steering Japan toward a better Pacific War outcomeQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:24Why an air force needs competent wingmen as well as acesNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:36A better-prepared Japanese air arm at the Philippine SeaNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:11TIE fighters and the cost of protecting trained pilotsQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...53:35Does the F-35 have a two-seat trainer?Q&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:31:27Why Taiho's hangar size did not guarantee a full air groupQ&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
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax40:17Why converting every cruiser into a carrier failsNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:13:51A Japanese jet fighter against the F6F HellcatQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:23:28Japanese pilot attrition and American tactical learningNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:09:21Sea Hurricanes instead of Blackburn Rocs for FinlandQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!29:05Japan's aviation training system under early rival expansionQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:34:01The war on terror validates mobility but narrows combat experienceChapter
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:40:14More Japanese carriers would still require more trained aviatorsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:48:49Would a merely improved Hellcat still beat the Zero?Q&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right54:13Rapid Fleet Air Arm expansion diluted squadron experienceNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:45:28Santa Cruz and Japan's costly aircrew lossesNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class50:47Elite pilot selection for a short warNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class1:04:09Coral Sea aircrew losses and the absence from MidwayNotable Point
- 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
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:38:08Why skilled Japanese aircrews still need a night-flying training systemNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 101:04:31Why specialized dive bombing declinedChapter
- Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...34:47The Secutor and the Empire's fighter contradictionNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait48:52Japanese withdrawal exposes pilot, industrial, and convoy-defense shortagesChapter
- Twelve Odd Ships1:01:15Wolverine and Sable scaled carrier qualification safelyChapter
- Twelve Odd Ships1:02:43Veteran instructors turned qualifications into force generationNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.25:46Could pilot rotation have sustained Japanese naval aviation?Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered39:58Why Japan failed to spread veteran pilot experienceQ&A
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:00:09Naval capacity must exist before war beginsNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:46:21Could heavier German pilot losses derail Barbarossa?Q&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:20:53Pilot rotation traded peak strength for enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:06:28Why Japan still needed carriers after MidwayQ&A
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies1:02:37Air-to-air missiles make trained pilots a strategic targetChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:07:30Why Japan's elite naval pilots were hard to replaceNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources4:03:07Japan's naval aircrew rotation failureQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...42:09Carrier doctrine differences centered on force and pilot generationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...54:17Kamikaze attacks traded pilots and aircraft for limited effectQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments32:17Japan's elite pilot standards shrank its replacement poolQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19422:58Preserve veteran Japanese aircrew for a longer warChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19418:51Rotate veteran Japanese pilots into trainingChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:33:53Could Short's aircraft provide an offshore patrol?Q&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:24:25Why Japan could not replace experienced naval aviatorsQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:42What USS Wolverine and Sable reveal about US carrier trainingQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:21:24Irish air training trades weather for shorter logisticsNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:28:00Yamato-class carriers would still need aircrewQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions19:09Shinano's real constraint: trained aircrewQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/443:59Carriers and the Japanese pilot-training problemQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:12:52A pilot pipeline designed for one short warQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:15:49Nagano recognized a long war but did not prepare for itNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW222:20Why Japan could not rapidly expand its naval pilot poolQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:01:54Japan began a naval war without its support systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:34:03How much carrier training did Japanese pilots receive?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:52:28Japan's wasted investment was trained peopleQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:59:49A pilot can qualify in months; experience takes a systemQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:03:04Dual-qualified pilots add flexibility to a carrier air groupNotable 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 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:06:46Fighter numbers and combat experience in a disputed Battle of Britain argumentNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:48Pilot rotation preserved air-defence expertiseNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/26:45Machine-learning speed and pilot instinctNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:05:57Paddlewheel carriers protected frontline training capacityQ&A