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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Planes, Trains & Santa! at Military Aviation Museum on Thanksgiving Weekend

November 9, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Military Aviation Museum is holding a special family event at their facility in Pungo, Virginia on Friday through Sunday over the Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov. 25th – 27th, 2022). We cannot imagine a more innovative […]

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 2

November 7, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As regular readers will know, at time of writing, AirCorps Aviation is in the final stages of completing a magnificent restoration of a rare razorback Republic P-47D Thunderbolt for the Dakota Territory Air Museum. It […]

F8F Bearcat Demo/Hangar Talk at Planes of Fame November 5th

November 2, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California has an exciting line up of ‘Hangar Talks’ on November 5th. They will focus upon several aspects of naval aviation, and also explore the museum’s long […]

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 1

November 2, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2022

October 23, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Vintage Aviation News has received the September/October, 2022 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 […]

Reno Recap: 2022 Stihl National Championship Air Races

October 21, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Reno Recap: 2022 Stihl National Championship Air Races by Aaron Haase The Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) held their annual air racing event at Reno-Stead Airport in Reno, Nevada from September 14th through September 18th, 2022. […]

Douglas AD-5W Skyraider at Platinum Fighter Sales

October 18, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Periodically, we highlight vintage aircraft listed for sale with one of our sponsors, Platinum Fighter Sales. One of their newly-listed airframes which really caught our eyes is the magnificent Douglas AD-5E Skyraider described in the […]

Fokker Scourge Redux & Nighttime Photo Shoot

October 17, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A couple of weeks ago we published a story by Aaron Haase describing the Golden Age Air Museum’s marvelous annual air show, themed as the Fokker Scourge due to the four replica Fokker Dr.I triplanes participating […]

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March Field Air Museum’s B-29 Superfortress

October 10, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

by Adam Estes The March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California has numerous restoration projects on the go presently, efforts which range from a multitude of Cessna O-2 Skymasters and Beech T-34 Mentors to an Antonov […]

AMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve – New Book by Veronico & Dunn

October 2, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

New AMARG Book Marks 75th Anniversary of the Boneyard Noted aviation authors Jim Dunn and Nicholas A. Veronico have released a new book on the military aircraft storage operation in Tucson, Arizona – just […]