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.

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Articles

Guy Norris
Boeing’s first 747-8 freighter was set to be delivered to launch customer Cargolux yesterday after a long-running wrangle over contractual terms concerning engine performance was finally resolved. Announcing an end to the impasse that stalled delivery celebrations on Sept. 19, Boeing VP-Commercial Marketing Randy Tinseth said, “I’m happy to announce that we’ve resolved the contractual issues that delayed the first delivery of our new 747-8 Freighter last month.” Tinseth added that Cargolux will take delivery of its second 747-8F on Thursday.

Guy Norris
Airbus is poised to deliver the first A320 family aircraft powered by upgraded CFM International CFM56-5B PIP (Performance Improvement Package) engines. The upgraded -5B PIP package, originally dubbed the -5BE, will enter service on an A320 scheduled for delivery to LAN Airlines of Chile within the next few days.

Guy Norris
Development issues with the jointly developed Honda and General Electric HF120 turbofan are forcing Honda to delay first deliveries of the HondaJet light business jet by about nine months to mid-2013. The program was originally aimed at delivering the first aircraft in the third quarter of 2012, but HondaJet President and CEO Michimasa Fujino says development issues are forcing GE-Honda to push engine certification back to the second half of 2013. “This is impacting the HondaJet certification date,” he says.