New Hampshire Public Radio

Get the chopper: Blade-dangling helicopter slices and dices CT tree limbs to keep power flowing

Outfitted with a long aluminum wire, this helicopter carries eight rotating saw blades to cut trees along a transmission ...
The Morning Journal

FirstEnergy: Helicopter-mounted aerial saw to trim trees, vegetation

FirstEnergy this week started deploying a helicopter-mounted aerial saw to proactively trim trees and vegetation along high-voltage power lines in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. So, ...
WBIW

Duke Energy to conduct aerial tree trimming in Bedford and Mitchell

BEDFORD – Duke Energy plans to clear out vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in the Bedford and ...
MassLive

Eversource using helicopter, flying saw for Western Mass. tree trimming

There’s a reason Western Mass. residents might see a giant saw dangling from a helicopter over the next few weeks: Eversource is trimming trees from the sky. The utility has been using a low-flying ...
The Times Leader

Pennsylvania utility uses helicopter-borne saw to trim trees

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Like a hot knife through butter, an aerial saw equipped with 10 24-inch carbide-tipped blades dangling 125 feet below a helicopter made quick work of tree limbs hanging over the ...
Altoona Mirror

Helicopter to trim trees near power lines

Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and ensure proper clearance around more than 400 miles of ...
WBUR

Yes, that's a giant saw dangling from a helicopter. Ask Eversource

Don't be alarmed if you are in western Massachusetts and see a tree-trimming saw dangling from a helicopter. Eversource on Tuesday is embarking on its campaign to maintain clearance near its ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Eversource using helicopter with giant cutting blades to trim trees along Mass. transmission lines

A helicopter flying low across Massachusetts with a stack of spinning sawblades hanging beneath it is not part of a new James Bond movie; it's a part of power line maintenance. Eversource shared ...
Wane

Don’t be alarmed! That helicopter is just trimming trees

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) routinely trims trees located near power lines as a way to prevent outages in the event of severe weather. The most efficient way to do that in ...
MLive

Helicopter with dangling saw flying into Southwest Michigan

Not a bird. Not a plane. But a helicopter dangling a buzzing saw. Residents of two Michigan counties may see an aerial saw in coming days as utility workers trim the trees near high-voltage ...
The Times Leader

Pennsylvania utility uses helicopter-borne saw to trim trees

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Like a hot knife through butter, an aerial saw equipped with 10 24 ...