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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – It’s a bird, it’s a plane… actually, it’s a helicopter you may notice flying near power lines for Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). During the week of May 13, I&M workers are ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A helicopter will be conducting aerial sawing in York County later this week. According to Lower Windsor Township Police, Aerial Solutions Inc. will conduct the operation on ...

Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using helicopters equipped with aerial saws to trim trees and maintain electrical clearances along 23 difficult-to-access transmission line corridors ...

The low-flying helicopter swinging moving blades over the Akron-Canton area may look like something out of a horror movie, but it's just your friendly neighborhood power company taking aim at trees ...

CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — Todd Gillespie is no lumberjack. He doesn't wield an axe, or ride in a bucket truck. Gillespie, a helicopter pilot for Rotor Blade, spends his days flying around with a massive ...

Some Michigan communities on the state's west side are expected to see helicopters armed with saw blades working to trim trees near transmission lines. (Indiana Michigan Power) VAN BUREN, Mich. – ...