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.
Preliminary tests of CFM International’s CFM56-7BE Evolution upgrade for the Boeing 737 and P-8A Poseidon indicate greater fuel burn savings than previously estimated, according to the General Electric-Snecma joint engine company. “We’ve tested four engines so far with the improved low-pressure [LP] turbine, and we’re seeing a better performance signature than we signed up for. We anticipate going into service with a 2.5% improvement, which is a big deal for us,” CFM Executive VP Chaker Chahrour says.
Boeing has been granted FAA expanded type inspection authorization (TIA) for the 787, and at the same time has announced the finalization of the aircraft’s aerodynamic configuration. Expanded TIA clears the way for flight test personnel to fully participate in future test flights and marks a major milestone on the road to certification.
PALMDALE, Calif. — NASA is moving closer to the start of science missions using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) airborne telescope upon the imminent completion of envelope expansion flights with the aircraft’s telescope cavity door open.
