Airspur Helicopters

In 1984, Evergreen acquired Airspur Helicopters, the Los Angeles area commuter helicopter service that Evergreen had previously been operating on behalf of Westland Inc., a subsidiary of the British helicopter manufacturer [Del Smith founded Evergreen Aviation in 1960. Evergreen Helicopters was sold to Erickson Air-Crane in Mar2013 in a $250 million deal] [Del Smith founded Evergreen Aviation in 1960. Evergreen Helicopters was sold to Erickson Air-Crane in Mar2013 in a $250 million deal [Jack Erickson founded Erickson Aviation in 1971 as Erickson Air-Crane with a focus on logging that evolved to an eventually much bigger market of firefighting. Evergreen Helicopters (1958-2013) merged into Erickson Air-Crane, later Erickson Aviation]]