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.

VE Day +75: Voices of Jubilation and Relief

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

As we commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day this May 8th, most of us presently alive have no real idea of what it meant to have come through the other side of that long […]

Red White & Blue Spitfire – RAF Museum VE Day 75th Celebrations

May 7, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As part of their celebrations for the 75th anniversary of VE Day, albeit somewhat muted given the current pandemic, the Royal Air Force Museum has illuminated Spitfire Mk.I K9942 in red, white and blue at […]

The People’s Mosquito: Operation Jericho – Update 3

May 4, 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 a couple of weeks ago, and have […]

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2020 Cancelled

May 1, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association has just announced that they have cancelled this year’s AirVenture Oshkosh event which was due to take place in late July. Given the present uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, this decision […]

“The Old Gal” Retires After 35 Years on the Job

May 1, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

VX-20, one of the U.S. Navy’s test and evaluation squadrons at the service’s premier air-test facility in Patuxent River, has just retired their Grumman C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 162142, which they lovingly referred to as The […]

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Tragedy Over Nagoya

April 29, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In this poignant piece, Warbird Digest’s Stephen Chapis recounts the all-too-brief fighter career of a young American hero during WWII. We hope this story helps his name and his story live on… Tragedy Over Nagoya […]

Operation Jericho Continues to Soar!

April 28, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A short time ago, we announced that the People’s Mosquito had just initiated a fund-raiser to help them gather additional funds to both complete the fuselage moulds for their deHavilland Mosquito project along with money for […]

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Sandbar Mitchell – Spring 2020 Restoration Update

April 27, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It’s been a while since our last report on the Warbirds of Glory Museum in Brighton, Michigan. As readers will recall, museum volunteers recovered the mortal remains of North American B-25J Mitchell 44-30733 from her longtime […]

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

April 25, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the April, 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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A Hawker Siddeley Kestrel Returns Home

April 22, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

by Richard Mallory Allnutt Few could dispute the Hawker Siddeley Harrier’s place as one of the most iconic military jets of all time. In terms of fixed-wing attack aircraft, this diminutive ‘jump-jet’ was unique in […]