Awarded for an outstanding contribution to aviation safety.
1936/37 Imperial Airways
Sqn Ldr H G Brackley DSO DSC, F J Bailey Esq, W Rodgers Esq AFM, F Dismore Esq,
LA Walters Esq, H J Horsey Esq, O P Jones Esq, A S Wilcockson Esq, A B H Youell Esq
1937/38 Olley Air Services
Captain G P Olley MM, T W Morton Esq, C W H Bebb Esq, F R Midgley Esq, R D Morrison Esq,
J Dendy Esq, G E B Stoney Esq, J E B Scott Esq
1938/39 Messers Wrightways Ltd
J W Duggan Esq, F Brent Esq, P C Fair Esq, G G Stead Esq
1948/49 Air Cdre H G Brackley CBE DSO DSC
1949/50 Aer Lingus
1950/51 No. 3 Line B.O.A.C.
1951/52 Tasman Empire Airways Limited
1952/53 Professor E S Calvert BSc ARSc
1953/54 British West Indian Airways
1954/55 Silver City Airways Ltd
1955/56 Captain W B Calldwell & Captain E W Jorden and Flying Staff, British European Airways, Channel Islands Services
1956/57 Malayan Airways Limited
1957/58 Trans-Australian Airlines
1959/60 James Martin Esq CBE
1960/61 Royal Air Force, Institute of Aviation Medicine
1961/62 Aden Airways Limited
1962/63 D P Davies Esq
1963/64 Blind Landing Experimental Unit of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
1964/65 John Wright Gibbs Esq MBE (posthumous)
1965/66 Britannia 102 + 312 Flights BOAC
1966/67 Dr E S Calvert OBE & J W Sparks Esq
1967/68 W E B Griffiths Esq CBE
1968/69 J A Karran Esq OBE
1969/70 Captain E N Jennings MBE DFC
1970/71 Qantas Airways Limited
1971/72 Captain Frank Ormonroyd DFM MA & Captain Eric L R Poole
1972/73 John W Wilson Esq
1973/74 J F M Moyle Esq
1974/75 John Henri Grant Esq
1975/76 S Gordon Corps Esq
1976/77 Joint Airmiss Working Group (Chairman: Group Captain David Hughes DFC AFC)
1978 not awarded
1978/79 Captain Frank H Hawkins
1979/80 Captain Philip Brentnall DFC
1980/81 John Michael Ramsden Esq
1981/82 VC10 Flight of British Airways
1982/83 Captain T L J Lakin W H Grice Esq Captain P J Hunt (British Airways 'All Weather' Team)
1984 - 1989 not awarded
1989/90 Qantas Airways Limited
1991 - 1992 not awarded
1992/93 Ronald Ashford Esq
1993/94 Ken M Carpenter PhD
1994/95 William D Reynard Esq
1995/96 British Airways Safety Services
1996/97 Don Bateman Esq
1998 not awarded
1999/2000 John Thorpe MRAeS
2000/01 R Curtis Graeber PhD FRAeS
2001/02 S Eric Clark BSc CEng FRAeS
2003 not awarded
2003/04 Alan R Jacobsen PhD
2004/05 Stuart Mathews
2005/06 Kathy Abbott PhD MSc FRAeS
2007 - 2010 not awarded
2010/11 James Ray Klinect PhD and the LOSA Collaborative
2011/12 Harbour Air Seaplanes
2013 - 2014 not awarded
2014/15 Hugh Browning
2016 not awarded
2017 Cdr Ian S Fitter RN
2018 Michael O'Donoghue CBE
2019 WOI Peter R Balcomb AAC
2020 Master Air Engineer Stephen Hammond
2021 Tim Tucker
2022 Dr Ratan Khatwa
2023 Lieutenant Craig Allen RN
2024 Rachel Fricker
2025 Mark Greenfield FRAeS
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