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)
Pratt & Whitney is starting detailed analysis of data from initial flight tests of the PW1000G geared turbofan demonstrator as it prepares to design the first production version for Mitsubishi’s Regional Jet. Early results are keenly awaited by the Japanese manufacturer, as well as by Bombardier, which selected a bigger version of the same engine for its recently launched CSeries airliner. Airbus and Boeing are also paying close attention as they consider the geared turbofan (GTF) against other propulsion options for future narrow-body concepts.

Graham Warwick (Washington), Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
As it enters its sixth decade, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency faces challenges in seeing ahead at a time when the U.S. military’s focus is firmly on the present and on fighting two wars.

Guy Norris
The first wing spar for the 747-8F is being assembled at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., site marking the start of assembly of the new freighter model. The unit was loaded into a new automated assembly tool earlier this month following completion of the final 747-400 wing spar in a conventional jig late in July.