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Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor)

About Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor)

Richard Mallory Allnutt's aviation passion ignited at the 1974 Farnborough Airshow. Raised in 1970s Britain, he was immersed in WWII aviation lore. Moving to Washington DC, he frequented the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, meeting aviation legends.

After grad school, Richard worked for Lockheed-Martin but stayed devoted to aviation, volunteering at museums and honing his photography skills. In 2013, he became the founding editor of Warbirds News, now Vintage Aviation News. With around 800 articles written, he focuses on supporting grassroots aviation groups.

Richard values the connections made in the aviation community and is proud to help grow Vintage Aviation News.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 on Offer at Platinum Fighter Sales

October 3, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following on from John Parker’s article earlier this week depicting the finishing touches which Vintage Fighter Restorations is applying to their Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (MH603) at their facility in Scone, New South Wales, Australia comes the news […]

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update September 2021

September 29, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently provided an update from Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales regarding progress on the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We have covered several […]

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Paris-Villaroche Air Legend – Air Show Report

September 24, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Paris-Villaroche Air Legend Air Show by Nigel Hitchman The Paris-Villaroche Air Legend air show has been running since 2018, and the third iteration of this superb event took place over the weekend of September 11th/12th, 2021 […]

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More Little Lambs – Baa Baa Black Sheep Revisited

September 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

UPDATE: The Baa Baa Black Sheep book is currently in the works, the expected release date is September 21, 2024. If you would like to be notified and get your copy before anyone else, […]

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Beach City Baby – Progress Update – September 2021

September 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past few years as they have successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 […]

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Finding Loren – Documentary to Missing P-47 Pilot Premieres this Saturday

September 20, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Regular readers might remember a story we ran a few years ago which featured the family of a missing WWII P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, 1st Lt. Loren Hintz, and their efforts to locate the crash site […]

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Presidential VH-34C Choctaw Restored at Pima Air & Space Museum

September 19, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona is always on the go – so much so that it’s hard to keep track of the myriad new aircraft which they regularly add to their […]

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D-Day Veteran C-47 to Fly at Warbirds Over the Beach

September 17, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we mentioned in August, the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia will be holding their Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show over the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, 2021. The event, one of the […]

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Fokker D.XXI Replica Nearing First Flight

September 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

For the past couple of years, we have been watching the ambitious efforts in the Netherlands to re-create a flying replica of the all-but-extinct Fokker D.XXI ( click HERE for our previous articles), a charismatic […]

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Dual-Role Commemoration for Joe Foss and the 175th Fighter Squadron SD ANG

September 14, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Stephen Chapis Over the past several months we have featured several recent examples of heritage and commemorative paint schemes applied to currently serving U.S. military aircraft; a pleasing renaissance of such schemes, especially in […]

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