Contributors to the Magazine

Denis J. Calvert

One of Classic Aircraft's longer-serving contributors, Denis became one of the two founding fathers of Inter-Air Press and started writing for the magazine in 1972. The fact of having been born at Farnborough just eight days after Chuck Yeager went supersonic in the Bell X-1 may, or, of course, may not, have had an effect on his lifelong interest in British military aviation. Now resident in East Anglia, Denis also contributes to the magazine's monthly book reviews.

John Dibbs

John has been going air-to-air with fast jets, warbirds and commercial aircraft for over 15 years. A regular contributor to Classic Aircraft for all of that time, John (who, with his wife, now operates The Plane Picture Company, based in Seattle) has worked with some of the leading warbird pilots and most potent front-line military units around the world.

Robert F. Dorr

Robert F. Dorr is a USAF veteran (1957-60), a retired senior American diplomat (1964-89) and an author (from 1955 onwards) of books, magazine articles and newspaper articles on military topics. He was a Korean language voice intercept operator in the Air Force. Dorr is the writer of our sister publication Combat Aircraft's regular 'Front Line' column. He lives in Oakton, Virginia, with his wife Young Soon and labrador retriever Autumn.

Bruce Hales-Dutton MRAeS

Bruce became interested in aviation the year the Comet began operations. As a press officer at the Department of Trade and Industry, he helped prepare the way for Concorde's entry into service. At BAA he promoted the development of Stansted Airport and at the CAA he spent his time explaining how aviation is safer despite massive traffic increases. More recently, as a freelance journalist Bruce was at Heathrow for Concorde's last commercial flight. Even after half a century, aviation still fascinates him.

David Halford

David has always enjoyed a mix of cultures — this photo was taken outside the Castle of the Teutonic Knights during a visit to Malbork, combined with seeing Poland's MiG-29s. His first aviation memories are flying in an RAF York from Khartoum to Aden in 1953, and in a Caravelle to the Brussels Exhibition in 1959. A working life in book publishing involved air travel worldwide, and a chance to photograph aircraft across the Americas, the Caribbean, the Far East and Europe. He has since become one of Aircraft's most distinctive contributors, on any topic one cares to mention — he has reported for us on air arms, exercises, airlines, airports, airshows, aviation museums and aviation films. David also writes on general historical subjects and recently co-authored the text for Last Refuge's Britain: The Mini-Book of Aerial Views.

Jamie Hunter

Jamie Hunter has a lifetime association with aviation and was inspired by the Royal Air Force from an early age. He launched his company Aviacom Ltd in 2001, delivering media services for the aerospace industry, specifically dynamic air-to-air photography, magazine editorial work and consultancy services. His incredible and now world-famous images have appeared in Classic Aircraft for 10 years and counting and he is currently the News Editor for the magazine. He is also the Consultant Editor of our sister publication, Combat Aircraft.

Richard Mallory Allnutt

Originally from England, Richard Mallory Allnutt now lives in the USA, dividing his time between spacecraft antenna design consultation (he has a PhD in Electrical Engineering) and his passions for aviation and photography. Richard has won several photographic competitions, and published numerous articles in the aviation press. He is also very active in the vintage aviation community, devoting considerable effort to several restoration projects, and from time to time on his good friend Larry Kelley's beautiful B-25J Panchito. Richard now contributes monthly to our Preservation News pages.

Peter R. March

It goes without saying that the part Peter has played in the development and success of Aircraft Illustrated has been immense. He has contributed to every single issue since it was founded in 1968 — the only person to do so — and has never missed a deadline. Alongside many feature articles over the years, his 'Airview' column began in 1971, and has been a permanent fixture in various guises ever since, latterly under the title of Preservation News. Peter has edited more than 50 books and magazines for Ian Allan including Military Aircraft Markings, the ABC Recognition Series, the Aircraft Illustrated Annual, Air Extra, Air Display International and several 'specials'. He retired from providing a monthly news section after our 40th anniversary issue, but continues to report for us every month. Peter is pictured here with his beloved Cessna 172E G-ASSS, which he has owned for over 40 years.

Thomas Newdick

For a student of the Cold War with a particular interest in military aviation, Thomas Newdick finds his current location of Berlin an ideal base for pursuing research. British-born, Thomas works as an independent defence analyst and editor, and is Assistant Editor of our sister publication Combat Aircraft's. He is a qualified art historian.

Andreas Spaeth

Andreas Spaeth lives in Hamburg, Germany, and has been a civil aviation enthusiast for as long as he can remember. Creating his dream job from his passions for aviation, travel and writing, he has become one of Germany's best-known aviation journalists, and now shares his experiences of visiting some of the world's most interesting airlines and airports with Aircraft's readers. Since becoming a contributor in 2006, Andreas has reported on the Boeing 787's roll-out and the first commercial flight of the Airbus A380, amongst many other assignments.

Katsuhiko Tokunaga

Katsuhiko excels in the art of air-to-air photography. He has photographed the high-performance military jets of many nations, and has naturally covered those of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force very extensively, having published books on the subject. In addition, he has taken the official photos for numerous aircraft manufacturers and air arms, and has flown with nearly every military aerobatic team in the world.

Dr Andreas Zeitler

After having studied and obtained his doctorate in the field of aeronautics, aviation also keeps Andreas busy during his free time. Travelling from Germany to locations around the world, he is always on the search for the perfect photo and enjoys visiting airshows, military air bases, exotic airports and being up in the air with rare historic aircraft. He was, for example, the first photographer to go air-to-air with the incredible Dornier Do24 ATT. These experiences regularly culminate in Andreas' reports for two major German magazines and, of course, Aircraft.