Shippensburg, Pa. (The Evening Sun) - Adams Electric is to begin its 2013 aerial inspections by patrolling critical overhead distribution lines and equipment, including lines in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy last fall. The patrols are scheduled to begin in the Shippensburg area and then proceed to the Gettysburg area and then to the York area.

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Australia (news.com.au) - The pilot of a Queensland rescue helicopter targeted by revellers while trying to land on Fraser Island said it was teamwork and crew experience that helped avert disaster.

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National Defense Magazine - If the U.S. Army decides to hold a competition to replace its aging Kiowa Warrior scout helicopter fleet, the earliest the defense industry could expect to see a request for proposals is the summer of 2014.

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Manassas Park, Va. (myfoxdc.com) - Haverfield Aviation, Inc. have been hired by Virginia Dominion Power. They arrive at work by MD500 helicopter and are lowered by helicopter onto power poles that stretch 100 feet in the air.

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Bangalore, India (The Times of India) -  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is set to release the weaponized version of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), Rudra, at the Aero India 2013, to be held in the second week of February in Bangalore.

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Ontario, Canada (thestar.com) - A Vaughan teen was arrested early Jan. 4, accused of pointing a laser at a police helicopter and obstructing the pilot's vision.

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fallschurch.patch.com - Helicopters are being used as part of a radiation assessment by the National Nuclear Security Administration. They began flying over the northern Virginia area Dec. 27, measuring naturally occurring radiation. The flights will continue until Jan. 11 during daylight hours only.

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Maunu, New Zealand (The Northern Advocate) - A high-powered green laser light shone into the cockpit of the Northland rescue helicopter on Dec. 30, as the crew prepared to land after an emergency call-out, has angered aviation officials.

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Derbyshire, England (Ripley and Heanor News) - The police helicopter crew helped arrest 136 crime suspects in Derbyshire between January 1 and December 1 2012. During the same period, the crews searched for 134 missing people, traced 29 stolen or suspect vehicles and airlifted four casualties to hospital.

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Anchorage, Alaska (thestar.com) - The U.S. Coast Guard was trying to determine Jan. 1 whether a strong Alaska storm had abated enough to allow for a helicopter to assess the condition of a drilling rig that ran aground in shallow water off a small island.

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