Guy Norris

Senior Editor

Colorado Springs

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
Delivery of the first 747-8F and 787 is once again developing into a close-run race with hand over of the first new generation 747-8F sliding towards later September, possibly coming within days of the first 787 delivery, now officially confirmed by Boeing for Sept. 25. Following events on Sept. 25-26, Boeing says the initial 787 for All Nippon Airways is set to depart the manufacturer’s Everett site in Washington on Sept. 27, with arrival the next day in Tokyo.

Guy Norris
RwandAir took delivery of the first of two 737-800s from Boeing on Aug. 26, making it the first African carrier to own and operate an aircraft configured with the manufacturer’s Sky Interior cabin.

Guy Norris
Boeing plans to hold a ceremony in Everett, Wash., on Aug. 26 to mark the formal award of joint FAA and European EASA type certification of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered 787-8.