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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RAF Museum London: Open Cockpits & Cabs – February 23rd

February 11, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Royal Air Force Museum will continue to hold ‘Open Cockpits and Cabs’ events in 2019 allowing visitors to buy tickets for a closer look, or even a venture inside, some of their historic aircraft, […]

First RAF Red Arrows ‘Western Hawk 19’ Tour Stops Annouced

February 9, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we announced a few weeks ago, the Royal Air Force’s world-famous Red Arrows aerobatics display team will be visiting North America this year for the first time since 2008. Yesterday, the British Ministry of […]

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Restoration Update – Feb. 2019

February 8, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

An update from our friends at Vintage Wings Inc. and progress with the full restoration of their newly-airworthy, WWII-veteran Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper 41-20095 nicknamed Beach City Baby. As readers will remember, we have been covering […]

New England Air Museum – Burnelli CBY-3 – 2018 Year-End Restoration Update

February 7, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As most readers will be aware, the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut has one of the world’s finest collections of rare and unique aircraft. The museum has a near constant procession of […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – January, 2019

February 4, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the January, 2019 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 see […]

LIFT Aviation’s Revolutionary AV1-KOR Flight Helmet

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

Advertorial*: As we have said here before, sponsorship plays a vital role in keeping the lights on at any aviation magazine, and it’s no different for us here at Warbird Digest. For these partnerships to be […]

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Norwegian Spitfire Foundation Announce Restoration of Spitfire Mk.IX PL258

January 31, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

After a significant search for a suitable airframe, the Norwegian Spitfire Foundation (NSF) has just announced that they are embarking upon the restoration of a Supermarine Spitfire with Norwegian wartime provenance, with the goal of returning […]

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Lights, Camera, Take-off…to the RAF Museum Night Shoot!

January 30, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Lights, Camera, Take-off…to the RAF Museum Night Shoot! Date: 16 March 2019 Time: 5.00pm to 9.00pm Cost: £25 per person (Over 16’s only) Photographers are being given the unique opportunity to capture rare images of […]

XP-82 Twin Mustang First “Official” Post-Restoration Flight!

January 29, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

The moment which every WarbirdsNews reader will have eagerly anticipated since we first started reporting on the project five years ago finally arrived with the first “official” post-restoration flight of Tom Reilly’s North American XP-82 Twin Mustang […]

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Douglas A-26B Invader – Platinum Fighter Sales

January 23, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Periodically, we highlight vintage military aircraft listed for sale with Platinum Fighters, one of our sponsors, and have decided to feature Douglas A-26B Invader 44-34778. 44-34778 was one of the very last B-model Invaders ordered […]