Award Winners 2026

Lifetime Contribution to the Aerospace Industry

The Award of Honour

Colonel Jeremy Hansen MSC CD

For Outstanding Courage or Devotion to Duty in the Air

The Grand Master's Award

Not Awarded

 

The Master's Commendation

Master Aircrew Robert Mauchline

The Master's Medal

Captain Jason "SOSA" Nemes


The Hugh Gordon-Burge Memorial Award

Staff Sergeant Kyle Hill


The Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award

Crew of United States Coastguard 6553:

-       Lieutenant Ian Hopper

-       Lieutenant Blair C. O. Ogujiofpr

-       AST2 Scott Ruskan

-       AMT2 Seth Reeves

 

The Barry Marsden Memorial Award

Flight Lieutenant Alex Eveson

 

Flight Operations

The Sir Barnes Wallis Medal

Crew of Skier94:

- John P Hughes

- Christopher L Husher

- Jesse J Endres

- Michael R Wallace

- Eric D Junquera

- John P Rysedorph

- Benjamin R LaFond

 

The Grand Master's Medal

Captain Esther Coblentz 

 

The Brackley Memorial Trophy

Task Unit 631.10.5 Operation BEECH

 

The Johnston Memorial Trophy

Not Awarded

 

The Sword of Honour

Mark Miller


The Myles Bickerton Trophy

Barry Tempest

 

The Hanna Trophy

Frank Parker

Flight Test

The Derry and Richards Memorial Medal

David Southwood

 

The Eric "Winkle" Brown Memorial Trophy

Major Scotty “NAILS” Weeks

Safety and Survival

The Sir James Martin Award

Joint:

- Colonel (Retd) Dr Allison J Eke MB BS  DIH DAvMed MFOM

- Flight Lieutenant Lucy Froome BA QTS

The Cumberbatch Trophy

Not Awarded

Training

The Glover Trophy

Not Awarded

 

The Central Flying School Trophy

7 Squadron Training Flight

 

The Pike Trophy

Robert Miller cfs

The John Landymore Trophy

Antoni Bagrowski

For Services to the Company

The Sir Alan Cobham Memorial Award

Captain Zoë Gell MEng

Regional Awards

The Grand Master's Australian Medal

AMSL Aero

 

The Australian Bi-Centennial Award

Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Mark Binskin AC

 

The Captain John Ashton Memorial Award

Trevor Wright

 

The Jim Cowan Memorial Award

Flight Lieutenant John Lewin RAAF

 

The Jean Batten Memorial Award

Frank Parker

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