Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, based in Colorado Springs. Before joining Aviation Week in 2007, Guy was with Flight International, first as technical editor based in the U.K. and most recently as U.S. West Coast editor. Before joining Flight, he was London correspondent for Interavia, part of Jane's Information Group.
In 2013 the Jesse H. Neal award for Best Technical Content was awarded to Guy Norris and Graham Warwick for their Advanced Propulsion feature. He received the 2015 Lauren D. Lyman Award for outstanding achievement in aerospace communications. And in 2018 he was awarded Technology Writer of the Year by the judges of the Aerospace Media Awards.
Guy is also a multiple winner of the Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award in the Air Transport, Propulsion and Systems/Technology categories, and in 2006 he received the Royal Aeronautical Society Decade of Excellence Award for sustained achievement in aerospace journalism.
Amongst other works Guy has authored the aerospace section of a science encyclopedia and co-authored, and produced an educational aviation CD-ROM. Guy has also authored more than a dozen books on the histories of Airbus, Boeing and other airframe manufacturers.
Dallas – Boosted by military training contracts, light piston and turbine helicopter maker Enstrom is ramping up production as it looks to rack up back-to-back record years. “We are making a dent in the industry” says Jerry Mullins, president/CEO of the Michigan-based manufacturer. Although a relatively small player compared with other manufacturers competing in the training market, Enstrom is riding a building wave which shows signs of swelling throughout the business.
Certification of the long-awaited Sikorsky S-76D is on track for midyear with first deliveries in the third quarter, company President Jeff Pino confirmed at the 2012 Heli-Expo event. Delayed by up to four years based on its original program targets, the S-76D effort has overcome several development issues including rotor lag, avionics problems and an engine redesign. “We are not going to deliver a helicopter without dealing with these,” said Pino.
With three new civil helicopter models set to enter certification testing or service this year, Russia’s rotary-wing industry is preparing for rapid growth following almost a decade of consolidation of airframe, engine and service providers. Displaying a model of its newest Mi-171A2 at the 2012 Heli-Expo in Dallas, Texas, Russian Helicopters says it expects to deliver some 301 aircraft in 2012, up from 262 last year and 214 in 2010.
