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.
With geared turbofans and open rotor concepts potentially poised to take center stage in the battle for improved efficiency, European engine makers are studying complementary core concepts that could significantly cut emissions for the next generation.
Michael Mecham (East Hartford, Conn.), Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Pratt & Whitney will use an integrated technology plan to propel its engine development programs and, in the process, do away with many of the boundaries that have separated its business units by product size and mission requirements. At the center of this drive is the geared turbofan—already selected by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for its 70-90-seat regional jet and Bombardier for the CSeries that, at 110-130 seats, invades Airbus and Boeing’s single-aisle territory.
With oil priced at about $120 a barrel and ever-growing pressure to reduce aircraft emissions, the search for leaps in engine efficiency is renewing interest in novel approaches, such as wave rotor combustion.
