The history goes back even further to BEA and originally the experimental Helicopter unit. They operated just about everything produced in the UK at some point or other before finally settling into the S61 operations in Penzance, replacing their Rapides! They continued to grow from that stage, but were a truly innovative company.
With all the changes over the years, BEA/BA/BIH/CHC seems to have lost that identifiable employee loyalty that Bristow seems to have - even all the Bristow people that left and went there still seemed to be connected whenever we got together.
Anyone got any good pictures from this evolution, like the Bristow photo thread?