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
Deliveries of F/A-18F Super Hornets to Australia could be stepped up to 14 by year’s end under plans now being studied by the Royal Australian Air Force. The move will save costs by cutting down the number of trans-Pacific ferry flights needed in 2011 when the balance of the RAAF’s force of 24 Super Hornets is due to be delivered. It will also give the force “more flexibility” as it stands up the operational training squadron, says Group Capt. Steve Roberton, commander of 82 Wing.

Guy Norris
BRISBANE, Australia – Boeing says it has “turned the corner” in Australia after a series of high-profile defense program missteps two years ago, and forecasts a rebound with defense-related revenues mushrooming from around AUS$350 million ($285.5 million) in 2009 to around $1.5 billion within the next decade.

Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Honeywell is closely analyzing a pair of TPE331 engines on an aircraft flown through ash clouds over the U.K. as part of efforts to scientifically quantify the true impact of volcanic ash on aircraft engines.