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 (Cincinnati)
GE Honda Aero Engines is preparing for key blade-off tests of its HF120 business jet engine at Honda’s Wako research center near Tokyo. The 2,095.lb.-thrust rated engine is destined for Spectrum Aeronautical’s Freedom and Honda’s HondaJet business aircraft, and will begin formal certification later this year for entry into service in 2010.

Edward H. Phillips (Washington), Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Lockheed Martin is gearing up to start engine tests on the first F-35 short-takeoff-and-vertical landing version but confirms that the tentative first flight has slid from May to June in the wake of engine issues earlier this year.

Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES - XCOR Aerospace has thrown its hat into the space tourism ring by announcing plans to develop a two-seat, sub-orbital spacecraft called the Lynx.