World War 1 Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers. Author Mark Lardas. jackspeak mixing humour with hardship

mixing humour with hardship

A warship that had destroyed the famed HMS Hood within minutes

for the BBQ

but also corrects some myths and fills in some less well-known episodes

He graduated to flying the Supermarine Seafire & by the end of the war he had command of his own squadron

World War 1 Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers. Author Mark Lardas. jackspeak mixing humour with hardshipThe plane had barely come of age by 1914. People were trying to grasp how best to use the new technology in general, but particularly in conjunction with all the difficulties and challenges implicit in deploying aircraft in a maritime role. Few, if any, people realised that the aircraft carrier would become the dominant weapon of the worlds oceans within just a few decades. This book details the rapid progress of technology and innovation through