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.
Boeing confirms it officially completed flight testing for type certification of the Rolls-Royce-powered 787-8 on Aug. 13. The manufacturer expects to achieve joint FAA/European EASA certification by the end of August, clearing the way for the first delivery to launch customer All Nippon in late September.
Boeing will officially complete flight tests for FAA Part 25 type certification of the Rolls-Royce-powered 787 this week, clearing the way for deliveries to start next month. The company says it is preparing a statement to announce the formal completion of tests “once all the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed,” while flight test sources indicate that with the exception of a few remaining engine ground tests this week, all the baseline work is essentially done.
Development of the U.S. Air Force's proposed next-generation upper-stage engine is vital to inject new life into the industry, even though the operational requirement remains obscure, say supporters.
