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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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Freshly Restored Bücker Bü 180 Student Unveiled in Germany

July 3, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Quax-Verein Celebrate Birthday by Philipp Prinzing/Klassiker der Luftfahrt Earlier this year, the Quax Flying Club celebrated their 10th anniversary at their futuristic hangar in Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, Germany. The club believes strongly in flying their vintage aircraft, not just […]

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Heroes On Deck – Documentary on USS Sable & Wolverine

July 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

Like most of our readers, we at WarbirdsNews find the story of those WWII naval aviators who trained to fly from the make-shift aircraft carriers USS Sable and Wolverine on Lake Michigan absolutely fascinating. Almost equally […]

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B-29 ‘Doc’ – Status Update – July 1st, 2016

July 1, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Doc’s Friends, the team responsible for returning the B-29 Superfortress known as ‘Doc’ back to flying condition, released the following update this afternoon ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. We thought our readers would […]

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Two-Seat ‘Messerschmitt Bf-109’ Will Fly Soon!

June 28, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

By Philipp Prinzing June 25th, 2016 was an eventful day for the employees Hangar 10 and Meier Motors in Germany. That day in Bremgarten saw the roll-out and first engine runs of their unique two seat […]

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B-29 ‘Doc’ Gets Pentagon Approval to Fly From McConnell AFB

June 24, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

WarbirdsNews has just received word from Doc’s Friends in Wichita, Kansas that their B-29 Superfortress known as Doc has just reviewed official approval from the Pentagon to use the longer, non-joint-use runway at McConnell Air […]

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Heritage Flight Museum – June Fly Day Report

June 23, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

From Rain to Skyraiding… by Joe Kunzler What began as a dark and gloomy Saturday morning on June 18th at the Heritage Flight Museum in Burlington, Washington had everyone uncertain if flight operations could take place for the monthly Fly […]

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Australian T-28D Trojan Back in the Air!

June 17, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Australian T-28D Trojan Back in the Air! words: Chris Godfrey and Phil Buckley photography: Carl Herbert Back in July, 2015 WarbirdsNews reported on Chris Godfrey and his efforts to bring his combat-veteran T-28D Trojan 51-3588 back into flying […]

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Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Super Star Restoration – Part 2

June 10, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 8

In a continuation of our previous article on Lufthansa Technik’s project to return a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner to airline service, we now report on the restoration progress so far. The project has two Starliners at their base […]

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‘Messerschmitt Bf 109’ On Display in Rechlin, Germany

June 9, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Luftfahrt Technisches Museum (Aviation Technical Museum) in Rechlin, Germany unveiled a ‘Messerschmitt Bf 109’ in a new display during late March. As many readers will know, Rechlin was the Luftwaffe’s primary flight testing facility […]

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Avro Lancaster KB882 – Future Again In Flux

June 8, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Just over a year ago WarbirdsNews reported that the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta was taking on the responsibility to move, restore and house the combat-veteran Avro Lancaster Mk.X KB882. Sadly, that museum has reluctantly […]

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