Tim Lyons, finalist, 2014 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia

2014 Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia finalist Tim Lyons, One Atmosphere When a helicopter crashes into water, fatalities will more likely be caused by drowning than the impact of the crash. Tim Lyons has invented the Pegasus ABS (Aircraft Buoyancy System) which is a lightweight post-crash emergency buoyancy system designed to increase survivability following a helicopter crash in water.