Fleet Air Arm Fighters - Terminally behind or better than expected?

Today we take tour through the development of British carrier-based fighters for the time period the channel covers to see if the FAA was as behind as some claim. Sources: https://amzn.eu/d/03JQZyHY https://amzn.eu/d/0dpUyZsK https://amzn.eu/d/0d4W14pG https://amzn.eu/d/0cRnqmPf https://amzn.eu/d/05GYoRwz Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B... Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? -   / drachinifel   Want to talk about ships?   / discord   'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Holdouts: The 36 WWII Pockets That Kept Fighting

The British Fighter That Had No Business Being Good: Fairey Fulmar
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The British Fighter That Had No Business Being Good: Fairey Fulmar

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President Asks For 1000 Launches, SpaceX Promise 10,000 Launches! Deep Space Updates August 31st

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Soviet Cruises Were Actually Pretty Good

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Stopping the Unstoppable

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The Development of Ironclads - Return of Breech Loading to the Last Ironclads

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W*T*H: What the Hormuz Is Going On?

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Why the reasons for wearing CLOTH over ARMOUR might SURPRISE YOU

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Russia Is Struggling to Defend Its Own Capital || Peter Zeihan

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The SBD Dauntless - Consistently Slow, Consistently Deadly

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Potted Meat - How to Preserve Leftovers in the 18th Century

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Nigeria is Now So Much Worse Than You Think

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The Douglas F4D Skyray is a Tantalising Glimpse into an Alternate Future for US Carrier Aviation

Saco Defense M683: A Super-Simple SMG for the US Army
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Saco Defense M683: A Super-Simple SMG for the US Army

Battle of the Philippine Sea - Hellcat Ascendancy
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Battle of the Philippine Sea - Hellcat Ascendancy

De Havilland Sea Vixen Part 1 | Origins and Development
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De Havilland Sea Vixen Part 1 | Origins and Development

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We Were Dreading This Bit… Removing King Tiger’s Torsion Bars

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Naval Engineering - A Brief History Of Ships Magazines & Attempts To Not Explode

Matthew Ridgway's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | The Man Who Turned Korea Around
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Matthew Ridgway's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | The Man Who Turned Korea Around

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The World's Biggest Airport is About to Land

Marius: The Outsider Who Rose to Command Rome’s Army | Rome’s First Civil War
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Marius: The Outsider Who Rose to Command Rome’s Army | Rome’s First Civil War

Terrible Naval Plans - Five of the worst ideas of naval history
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Terrible Naval Plans - Five of the worst ideas of naval history

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Jay Leno Test Flies the Revolutionary Cirrus G3 Vision Jet! | Jay Leno's Garage

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Russians trapped by Ukraine’s cauldron-style attacks | Col Ingram analyses

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Why Subaru Refuses to Give Up the Boxer Engine!

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Destroyer Development in WW2 - (1939-1945)

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Giant 512 Heavy Shuts Down at O’Hare After Fuel Leak Report

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American and Japanese Damage Control in WW2

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B-29 Superfortress - A $3.7bn Trial By Fire

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Masters of the Air (2024): Why It Crashed and Burned