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  • Pilot operates Aerial Saw, helicopter simultaneously

    08/01/2004 1:43:34 PM PDT · by Willie Green · 25 replies · 1,100+ views
    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Sunday, August 01, 2004 | Bob Batz Jr.
    This is one helicopter that really is a chopper. Dangling 90 feet below this McDonnell Douglas 500's whirling rotor blades, attached to it by a flexible metal pipe, is a caged engine driving 11 whirring rotary blades, a giant flying tree trimmer. They call it the Aerial Saw. It's a weapon of mass destruction in the battle against trees that encroach on power lines, pipelines, railroads and other rights of way.