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.

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – September, 2020

October 5, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the September, 2020 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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Columbine II – Restoration Progress Report – August, 2020

September 11, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It has been a couple of months since our last update on Columbine II, the Lockheed VC-121A Constellation which President Dwight D. Eisenhower used during the early years of his first term of office. This […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – August, 2020

September 8, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the August, 2020 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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Arsenal of Democracy Flyover – Washington DC Area – September 25th, 2020

August 5, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As readers will be well aware, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, and many celebrations of this milestone had been in the works until the global pandemic forced so many changes […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July, 2020

August 2, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the July, 2020 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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The People’s Mosquito: Operation Jericho – Update 8

July 31, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The People’s Mosquito has just announced the latest update in their fundraising campaign, dubbed Operation Jericho, and what these funds have already initiated. They began this campaign just over three months ago, and have raised […]

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Summer 2020 Report

July 29, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

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 more than a year since our last update. As mentioned […]

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World’s First Drive-In Air Show – Shuttleworth Display at Old Warden

July 23, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by George Land On July 18th, 2020, the Shuttleworth Collection held the first air display in the United Kingdom under Covid 19 regulations over their home airfield at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. The organizing team […]

Hawker Siddeley Kestrel – Restoration Update – July, 2020

July 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Back in April, we wrote a story about the remarkable efforts which the Wings Museum in Balcombe, England is embarking upon to resurrect Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 XS694, a rare surviving example of the fabulous […]

Aviation Museum News

Adopt a Piece of RAF History!

July 17, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Royal Air Force Museum has just announced an exciting new program which offers members of the public the opportunity to adopt one of over 50 objects within their collection. ‘Adopt an Artefact’ is a […]

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. […]