This book is an innovative approach to an important and under-covered episode of military history. The text is in English and Swedish with outstanding images– Highly Recommended.
Blitzkreig, Anatomy of a Legend
A concise review of the origins, development and deployment of the advanced tactics that became known as ‘Blitzkrieg’. Much as been written on this subject but this is one of the most effective reviews, available at a very affordable price – Much Recommended.
Air War Archive, Heinkel He 111, The Latter Years – The Blitz and War in the East to the Fall of Germany
The Air War Archive series is proving a very popular frontline books collection and this new addition brings the Heinkel He 111 story up to the end of WWII. The He 111 was an example of an aircraft that was in heavy use from the Spanish Civil War to the capitulation of Germany in 1945 – Most Recommended.
With Their Bare Hands, General Pershing, The 79th Division, and the Battle of Montfaucon
READ THE FULL REVIEW DESCRIPTION: This new book investigates America's most devastating battle of WWI. The US Army arrived in France in the closing stages of the most devastating trench war in history – Most Recommended.
NASA Debuts Online Toolkit to Promote Commercial Use of Satellite Data
NASA Debuts Online Toolkit to Promote Commercial Use of Satellite Data
 Through its constellation of Earth observation satellites, NASA collects petabytes of data each year, including this image of the Chukchi Sea acquired on June 18, 2018, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite. Thanks to a new Remote Sensing Toolkit created by NASA’s Technology Transfer program, users will now be able to find, analyze and utilize the most relevant remote sensing data for their research, business projects or conservation efforts.
Credits: NASA/U. S. Geological Survey/Norman Kuring/Kathryn Hansen
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While NASA’s policy of free and open remote-sensing data has long benefited the scientific community, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, it has significant untapped potential for commercialization. NASA’s Technology Transfer program has created an online resource to promote commercial use of this data and the software tools needed to work with it.
NASA Television, Website to Air Critical Conversations on Science in Space
NASA Television, Website to Air Critical Conversations on Science in Space
 Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA is pictured in the Destiny laboratory module of the International Space Station June 11, 2018, with gear from the Bone Marrow Adipose Reaction: Red Or White (MARROW) investigation.
Credits: NASA
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NASA will join counterparts from across government, industry, academia and international organizations for an indepth conversation about science on the International Space Station Monday, July 23, through Thursday, July 26, in San Francisco.
NASA, French Aerospace Lab to Collaborate on Sonic Boom Prediction Research
NASA, French Aerospace Lab to Collaborate on Sonic Boom Prediction Research
 Dr. Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for aeronautics, left, and Bruno Sainjon, president and chief executive officer of France’s Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, sign a new agreement on sonic boom prediction research in London.
Credits: NASA/Emily Larson
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NASA and France’s Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, signed a research agreement Wednesday that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world.
Astronomers Celebrate Moon’s Beauty on Heels of National Moon Day
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As the United States celebrates the historic landing of humans on the moon, astronomers are getting out their telescopes this month to see the full moon and nearby planets — including Mars, which will be its brightest in 15 years, and Jupiter with its newly confirmed 79 moons.
AvBuyer Bi-Weekly Piston Aircraft Alert
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Boeing Signs Commitment with Customer for 100 737 MAX Airplanes
Agreement carries list-price value of $11.7 billion
Significant commitment reflects strong demand for 737 MAX, fastest-selling jet in Boeing history
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and an unidentified customer reached an agreement during the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow for an additional 100 737 MAX airplanes, the company announced.