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.
International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to buy 100 Airbus A320NEO family aircraft, at least 60 of which will be powered by the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine (GTF), while terminating its agreement to acquire 10 Airbus A380s. At the same time, ILFC signed a deal with Boeing for 33 737-800s. Henri Courpron, CEO of ILFC, said the orders “rebalance” the leasing company’s order book. With the MOU for 75 A320NEOs and 25 A321NEOs, ILFC becomes the first customer for the A321 version.
LOS ANGELES — After a day of delays due to weather and a valve change, the U.S. Air Force’s second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) was successfully launched at 5:46 p.m. EST March 5 from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., marking the start of a classified mission that could extend into November.
Boeing has flown the first 787 to its Global Services & Support site in San Antonio for modifications to conform with certification production standards before final delivery.
