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.

‘Greatest Show on Turf’ – Geneseo Air Show Report 2021

July 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Tom Pawlesh The National Warplane Museum held their annual “Greatest Show on Turf” air display in Geneseo, New York over the weekend of July 10/11, 2021. after a year off due to Covid 19. This […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Major Announcement

July 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As our regular readers know well, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is undergoing rebuild to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center (LAHC) at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. While we just […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 147

July 6, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – April/May, 2021

June 28, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the April/May, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Spring 2021 Report

June 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have periodically presented reports by Chuck Cravens detailing the restoration on an ultra-rare Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita WWII advanced, multi-engine trainer, but it has been almost a year since our last update. As mentioned in […]

MAAM WWII Weekend – Air Show Image Supplemental

June 18, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we reported last week, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held their annual WWII Weekend extravaganza in the first weekend in June. Due to a miscommunication error (on your editor’s part), we ended up having two […]

Paul Allen’s Project Aircraft Put Up For Sale

May 25, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the untimely passing of the legendary Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen in October, 2018, the historical aviation community lost a hugely significant benefactor. Not only had he established a ground-breaking museum, the Flying Heritage […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – March/April, 2021

May 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Warbird Digest has just received the May, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

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Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

May 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Sixty years ago, at precisely 9:34am EST, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American, and only the second human being, to launch into space when his Mercury-Redstone rocket (MR-3) blasted off from launch pad […]

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Connecticut Air and Space Center’s FG-1D Corsair: Restoration Update – April, 2021

April 25, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Jerry M. O’Neill In 1971, after her journey from San Salvador to the USA, FG-1D Corsair Bu.92460 experienced the indignity of major parts removal, as part of a weight reduction effort to enable her new duty […]

Warbird Restorations

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]