Latest Warbird News

[ November 18, 2024 ] F4U Corsair Joins The Fleet at the USS Midway Museum Aviation Museum News
[ November 18, 2024 ] A-26 Invader Maestro: An Interview With Steve Swift Warbirds News
[ November 18, 2024 ] City of Virginia Beach Names November 19 Jerry Yagen Day Aviation Museum News
[ November 17, 2024 ] Original 1918 LeRhone Rotary Engine Runs for First Time on Fokker Triplane Replica Vintage Aviation
[ November 17, 2024 ] Bomber Aircraft: Kalinin K-7, The Soviet Gargantuan Articles

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.

bone front

Vintage Aviation Museum’s PV-2 Harpoon Close to Flying Again

February 25, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in October, 2017 we published a report concerning the Vintage Aviation Museum’s acquisition of a rare Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon that served in the US Navy as Bu.37276. The aircraft is currently located in Buffalo, […]

Lockheed Neptune Ex RAAF A89 272 under restoration for display HARS Parkes Aviation Museum 1

Warbird Restorations at Parkes Aviation Museum

February 20, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online recently revisited the Parkes Aviation Museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia to participate in some of the volunteer restoration work taking place there. He took the […]

Warbirds Over Wanaka Announce First Major Aact For 2020 Show

February 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The organizers for Warbirds Over Wanaka, the biennial air show extravaganza held in the stunningly beautiful, alpine setting of Wanaka, New Zealand are already hard at work planning for the next edition of this globally […]

Fokker D.XXI 2

Fokker D.XXI Fighter Replica to Fly in 2020

February 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Fokker D.XXI Fighter Replica to Fly in 2020 by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) The Dutch aviation pioneer, Anthony Fokker, played an incredibly important role in the development of both military and civil aviation during the […]

DocRides2019

B-29 Doc – First 2019 Flight Experience Rides Announced

February 16, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Doc’s Friends, the organization which is responsible for the maintenance, operation and upkeep of Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-69972, better known as Doc, has just announced the following details related to the initial flights that they […]

10634118 10154557498300424 5110816110454635124 o

Warbirds Over the Beach – Flash Ticket Sale for Military Aviation Museum’s 2019 Event

February 15, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

For those looking for a major air show in a magical, intimate setting, it really is hard to beat the Military Aviation Museum’s Warbirds Over the Beach air show held each May at their main […]

HAS088011 The AWMs Avro Lancaster B1 W4783 G for George flew 90 missions over Europe. Photo Paul Hastings

Australian War Memorial – AU$500M Expansion Plans

February 14, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Australian War Memorial – AU$500M Expansion Plans by Paul Hastings Australia’s largest collection of artifacts from more than a century of conflict, the Canberra-based Australian War Memorial (AWM), is to undergo a massive expansion of […]

Gumdrop Meets Spider GPN 2000 001100

Apollo 9 – Golden Anniversary Celebration With Entire Crew at San Diego Air & Space Museum

February 13, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The following is a press announcement from the San Diego Air & Space Museum concerning the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 9, the space mission which proved the Lunar Lander for the eventual mission to the […]

USS Hornet CV 8 underway in Hampton Roads on 27 October 1941

Paul G. Allen Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Hornet and Her Aircraft

February 12, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Today we received incredible news from the late Paul G. Allen’s deep ocean research vessel R/V Petrel that the research team aboard has located and documented the long-lost wreck of the WWII aircraft carrier U.S.S. […]

51755185 10156922953803764 6769742505815572480 o

P-39 Airacobra – First Flight Nears

February 12, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As some readers will have noticed, on February 4th, Pioneer Aero Ltd. ran the Allison V-1710-85 engine on the Bell P-39 Airacobra that they have been restoring at their workshop in Ardmore, New Zealand. This […]

© 2012 - 2024 Ambroworks, LLC. All Rights Reserved.