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.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is beginning integration of the first Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and says it won’t be hurried to complete work despite continuing delays of the first launch. “Our primary objective is a successful first launch and we are taking whatever time necessary to work through the data to our satisfaction before moving forward,” says SpaceX director of Florida launch operations Brian Mosdell, who adds that the expected launch will take place “one to three months after completing full vehicle integration.”
Boeing, the FAA and the European regulatory authority EASA have reached a compromise on cooling times for carbon brakes on Boeing 737s, which will enable the U.S. manufacturer to fulfill orders from European operators, starting later this year. Although Boeing won FAA certification for the Messier-Bugatti system as far back as August 2008, EASA required a longer turnaround period between landing and takeoff to allow the brakes to cool before granting clearance.
Pilots Mark Feuerstein and Tom Imrich marched through their check-off list so efficiently that they brought the first 747-8 in early on its debut flight Feb. 8, pronouncing that it handles just like its predecessors (DAILY, Feb. 9). That is good news for Boeing, which is marketing the third generation of the world’s first widebody jet as a follow-on in terms of handling qualities that are familiar to current crews.
