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.
Michael Mecham (San Francisco), Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Lacking the means but not the desire, Boeing is setting aside the creation of its first advanced single-aisle transport of the 21st century in favor of a more conservative new engine 737. But even that relatively prosaic approach is not without manufacturing peril. Chairman/CEO James McNerney says the company's Renton factory, Boeing's touchstone for lean manufacturing south of Seattle, may not be able to swallow a 737NE project alongside its busy schedule assembling the Next Generation 737, although at this stage nothing is decided.
Guy Norris (Los Angeles), Michael Mecham (San Francisco)
While a decision on the 737 tops Boeing's list for new programs, the 787-10X second stretch of the baseline 787-8 is moving higher up the priority chain.
While Boeing's board readies for its 737 New Engine launch decision, program planners face key choices over what other technologies will be featured on the future derivative. Although playing down the scale of non-engine-related upgrades planned for the 737NE, the company is nevertheless exploring a range of potential relatively low-risk options ranging from advanced systems to aerodynamic innovations. The evaluation balances Boeing's desire to outpace the Airbus A320NEO, while minimizing development costs and maximizing commonality.
