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.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is keen to take on final assembly of whatever aircraft Boeing builds to replace the 737, say industry executives in Japan. One executive believes it is technically feasible for Mitsubishi and its compatriots Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries, which together make 35% of the 787, to build all of the major sections of the 737 replacement. One of them could be responsible for final assembly. The same executive doubts that Boeing would be willing to hand over so much work, however.
The customer count for Boeing’s 777 performance improvement package (PIP) has grown to 10 airlines and 170 aircraft. The package, which is expected to reduce fuel burn by about 1 million pounds, or roughly between 1% and 1.5% per year, will cut annual emissions of CO2 by 3 million pounds per aircraft.
Boeing has revealed initial details of ongoing studies into freighter conversion programs for the 777-200 and -200ER, but cautions that the potential launch will be driven by market demand. Revelations over the passenger-to-freighter conversion plans came at the recent Cargo Facts 2008 conference in Miami, and come as Boeing’s first production 777 freighter version is well into its test program, with a scheduled entry-into-service target of December with launch customer Air France.
