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.

Red Arrows North American Tour Start Date Announced

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

As a number of readers will already know, the Royal Air Force’s legendary aerobatic display team, The Red Arrows, will be touring North America this year for the first time in more than a decade. […]

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Tired Iron Dusted In Snow at the 309th AMARG

January 22, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

There was a snowfall during early January in the normally arid desert outside Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona. As many will know, this is where the U.S. Air Force’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – December, 2018

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

WarbirdsNews has just received the December, 2018 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 […]

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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum Announces Aircraft Adventure Series

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

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska recently announced that it is starting a new interactive program labeled the Aircraft Adventure Series which will take place on a Saturday every few weeks this […]

Sea Harrier FA2 On Display At Pima Air & Space Museum

January 10, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in September, 2018, we reported that the Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona had just taken delivery of former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm BAe Sea Harrier FA2 ZH810. In addition to […]

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Arsenal of Democracy Fly-Over – May 8th, 2020

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

With the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe approaching just a little over a year away in May, 2020, the first official press release announcing the Arsenal of Democracy Fly-Over of Washington, […]

B-29 Doc Hangar & Education Center Opening January 26, 2019

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

Doc’s Friends, the organization responsible for the restoration and operation of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc, has just announced that their newly erected museum building, the B-29 Doc Hangar and Education Center, will […]

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Fall 2018 Report

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

Over the past year or so, we have periodically presented reports by Chuck Cravens detailing the restoration on an ultra-rare Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita WWII advanced, multi-engine trainer. As mentioned in the previous articles, the project […]

Restoring a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak at the Yankee Air Museum

January 3, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The Yankee Air Museum’s Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Restoration by Barry Levine The Yankee Air Museum has recently completed the restoration of their Republic F-84F-35-GK Thunderstreak. The 2nd generation jet fighter was built under license at General […]

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Australia’s Oldest Neptune Moves to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum

January 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online recently visited the Parkes Aviation Museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. The museum, which is closely affiliated with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (better known as […]