Guy Norris

Senior Editor

Los Angeles, CA

Summary

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.

Articles

Guy Norris
GE yesterday made the first flight test of the improved GEnx-1B version capable of meeting the 787 fuel burn specification at its Victorville, Calif., site. The GEnx-1B Performance Improvement Package (PIP2) is due to be certified for icing by the end of February and will complete FAR 33 engine certification in June or July. The PIP2 engine flying today on GE’s Boeing 747 flying testbed will make about 26 flights as part of the certification effort, the engine maker says.
Air Transport

Guy Norris
Designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, will explore active control technology for potential HALE use.
Defense

Guy Norris (Los Angeles), Lee Ann Tegtmeier (Frankfurt)
Lufthansa prepares to become the first carrier to operate both the Airbus A380 and Boeing's 747 in 2012.