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.
Boeing says first flight of the 787 remains on track for sometime before yearend, despite reports circulating last week that this could be pushed into 2010 following recent issues with the side-of-body modification. In a statement, Boeing 787 Vice President and General Manager Scott Fancher said, “The design of the side-of-body solution is on track. Installations of the fittings are proceeding well and we are pleased with the progress we are making on this important effort. We continue to be on track to fly the 787 by the end of the year.”
General Electric and Boeing are flight testing a new round of GE90 upgrades as the powerplant manufacturer celebrates the delivery of the 1,000th engine for the 777 program this week. The ramp-up in deliveries is directly linked to GE’s exclusive status as engine supplier for the 777-200LR/300ER and 777 freighter programs, which now make up the bulk of all 777 deliveries.
Northrop Grumman is using a full-size mock-up of the James Webb Space Telescope’s backplane and sunshield to test integration and develop methods for handling the next-generation observatory as it works through the critical design review (CDR) for the telescope unit.
