User:Helipilot1/Sandbox

History
Originally founded as Offshore Logistics, a company utilizing boats in the Gulf of Mexico to service the oil and gas industry. After rival company Petroleum Helicopters started utilizing Bell 47 helicopters equipped with floats to service offshore platforms and drilling rigs, Offshore Logistics created a division called Air Logistics and began to compete with Petroleum Helicopters (PHI).

The Helicopter division was in high demand due to the increased speed and usefulness of rapidly moving parts and people to various platforms spread through the Gulf. Eventually the boat fleet was sold off and the company was changed to Air Logistics along with the creation of a division in Alaska called Air Logistics Alaska.

Bristow Helicopters was purchased by Air Logistics in 1996. The Bristow name was retained as the name of the operating group.

Bristow also purchased Helicopter Adventures, a helicopter school in Florida to help fill the need for pilots.

Fleet
The worldwide fleet as of September 2007 consists of: