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.

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Articles

Guy Norris (Los Angeles and Victorville, Calif.)
General Electric is in the midst of its biggest civil engine certification ramp-up for two decades as it prepares the GEnx-1B and -2B for first flights on the Boeing 787 and 747-8, respectively.

Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
An improved turbine being developed for the GEnx-1B engine on the 787 should bring it in line with Boeing’s initial specific fuel consumption (SFC) goals, according to GE program managers.

Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Boeing expects to receive the last major fuselage subassemblies for the first 747-8 in early May, clearing the way for final body join of the stretched freighter version at the end of June.