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

Elyse Moody, Guy Norris
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps accident investigators continue looking into why both engines failed on a Marine F/A-18D, causing it to crash into a residential area near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., on Dec. 8. A Miramar spokesman said no new information on what caused the engine failure has surfaced yet, but analysis is still going on.

Guy Norris
Boeing is reacting to the continuing problems on the 747-8 and 787 development programs by shaking up its supply chain organization and reappointing several top executives. The news follows an announcement earlier today confirming reports the 787 first flight will be delayed to the second quarter of 2009, and deliveries pushed into 2010.

Guy Norris
Strong winds at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., have slowed progress as NASA tries to attach the space shuttle Endeavour to a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and may force further delays to the ferry flight to Kennedy Space Center, Fla.