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

Guy Norris
General Electric aircraft lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) confirmed a 2013 order previously listed as coming from an unidentified customer for 40 737s split evenly between the MAX and 737-800 versions. Carrying a list-price value of $3.9 billion, the order hikes GECAS commitment for the 737 MAX to 95 aircraft and the current-production 737 family to 387, making it the most for both models by any leasing company in the leasing industry.

Jens Flottau (Toulouse), Guy Norris (Los Angeles)
Airbus indicates it may raise A320 production much sooner than planned
Air Transport

Guy Norris
Disproportionate budget cuts to research and development, driven by sequestration, threaten to turn the U.S. Defense Department into a “hollow force” as China and Russia continue to modernize their armed forces, says the Pentagon’s top acquisition chief.
Defense