John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, John has been a private pilot for 34 years and won an award at EAA Oshkosh for his restoration of a vintage British Auster army spotter aircraft. He is currently building a 1920s Staaken Flitzer biplane from plans. John attended his first Farnborough Air Show in 1952, when just eight months old.
The arrival of a Chinese-built electric-powered aircraft at the Experimental Aircraft Assn.’s AirVenture 2009 has sharpened the focus on making the technology commercially viable.
Cockpits of Gulfstream, Dassault Falcon and certain Bombardier Challenger and Global Express business jets will soon be compatible with next generation airspace requirements in Europe and the U.S. due to an extensive avionics upgrade being developed by Honeywell Aerospace.
Guy Norris (Anaheim, Calif.), John Morris (Anaheim, Calif.)
The next generation of small turboshafts and possibly diesel pistons will take a lead role in aircraft engine-makers’ efforts to broaden their helicopter market base when the industry reemerges from the current downturn.
