News
June 2011 — Helicopter Crews Hired to Wash Insulators
GALVESTON — The extreme Texas drought has electricity providers for the first time hiring helicopter crews to spray-wash salt, sand and other contamination from transmission towers.
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June 2011
January 2011 — Baby, it’s cold up there
MOREHEAD CITY— It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Progress Energy Man.
For the unsuspecting, seeing a man dangling some 20 feet below a helicopter flying over the Newport River high-rise bridge Monday morning may have been just a little disconcerting.
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August 2010 — Air2’s Emergency Response Team is called upon to restore damaged 230 kV transmission lines for Nebraska Public Power District. Approximately 32 miles of power lines and 218 structures were damaged by a storm that had wind speeds between 70 and 100 miles per hour. Read the full article: Electric Energy Online
April 2010— Air2 is profiled in Cianbro’s video showing the completion of a 27.2 mile 115 kV transmission line from Kibby Mountain Township to Central Maine Power Company’s Bigelow Substation. The Cianbro marketing department created some great videos, check them out: Cianbro
April 2010— LCRA news crews joined us on this beautiful spring day. They captured some incredible footage of Air2 maintaining the lines. Traditional bucket trucks would not only take much longer to accomplish the same task but would also create some environmental damage. Land owners loved this method. See for yourself.
February 2010—Rotor Hub magazine profiles the MD500 series and interviews President and CEO of Air2, LLC Thomas McShane. Access page 27 for the full story.
Hudson Valley News
March 2010—Going up? A crew from Air2, a helicopter assisted power line contractor based in Maryland, replaces the shield wire on a 90 foot power transmission tower in Red Hook on Monday afternoon. Picture by Todd Gay.
March 2010—Energy Capital Partners Announces the forma-tion of Powerline Services, Inc. On March 10, 2010, Power Line completed its acquisition of Air2, LLC (“Air2”) of Timonium, Maryland, a leading provider and innovator of helicopter-assisted construction, maintenance and inspection services to the electric utility industry. With a specialized team of line workers and a fleet of MD500 aircraft, Air2 blends the benefits of helicopter access to power line systems with more traditional line work methods. This group complements the capabilities of Sun Electric and TESSCO and is very well positioned to help meet the country’s demands for increased transmission capacity in an environmentally responsible way. Vertical Mag
December 2009—Can we pass out advertisement awards? Thomas & Betts wins this one hands down particularly with the introduction. Thank you Thomas & Betts!