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Outfitted with a long aluminum wire, this helicopter carries eight rotating saw blades to cut trees along a transmission corridor from East Haddam to Middletown.

Eversource has been using helicopters at various spots around the state to cut tree branches near remote transmission lines.

The FAA’s proposed regulations grant unmanned aircraft access to the same airspace occupied by helicopters used in line work.