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
NO GO: Bad weather forced Cape Canaveral range officials to call off an attempted launch of the U.S. Air Force’s second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on March 4. Easterly winds gusted up to 28 kt. and a line of rain clouds continued to run over the launch pad right through the mission’s second window of the day, which opened at 5.27 p.m. EST. The next launch attempt was due for March 5. The Boeing-built orbital demonstrator is due to be boosted on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Space Launch Complex-41 launch pad.

Guy Norris
A General Electric engine will power a new 10-seat utility aircraft being developed by Russian manufacturer Technoavia. The agreement between the two companies also includes collaboration on engine certification and installation, as well as development of service and support for GE products in Russia.

Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Further development of the world’s largest and smallest unmanned air vehicles hangs in the balance as AeroVironment seeks new funding to secure the future of its innovative Global Observer (GO) and Hummingbird concepts.