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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Virginia Warbird Weekend at the Military Aviation Museum – June 19/20, 2021

April 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia has just announced that they will be holding the Virginia Warbird Weekend, their first air show of 2021, over the weekend of June 19/20. It will have a naval theme, and likely […]

Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

April 16, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

With the recent arrival of their freshly restored Grumman Hellcat, which we reported on a couple of days ago, comes news from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about progress with their ultra-rare Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393. […]

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing – TBM Avenger Update

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

Back in February, we reported on progress which the Commemorative Air Force’s Rocky Mountain Wing has made with the effort to return their TBM-3E Avenger (Bu.53503) back to airworthy condition following her engine problems last […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 139

April 1, 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 – February, 2021

March 22, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the February, 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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Military Aviation Museum Acquires an SBD-5 Dauntless

March 1, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In mid-February, the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia took delivery of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless project which will soon begin a full, airworthy restoration. However, prior to commencing her rebuild, the MAM is placing their […]

WWII Combat Veteran F4U-1D Corsair Nearing First Flight

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

It’s been some time since our last update on progress with Mike Spaulding’s Vought Corsair which has been under restoration for the past decade in Mareeba, near the city of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. […]

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CAF Rocky Mountain Wing’s TBM Avenger Regains Her Engine

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

The Commemorative Air Force’s Rocky Mountain Wing has good news to report regarding their TBM-3E Avenger (Bu.53503) which has just regained her fully-rebuilt R-2600 engine. A year ago, the aircraft’s maintenance crew discovered that the […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – January, 2021

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

Warbird Digest has just received the January, 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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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. […]