{"id":2012,"date":"2018-06-12T01:26:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2018-06-12T01:32:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:32:34","slug":"helicopter-scheduled-to-buzz-powerlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/06\/helicopter-scheduled-to-buzz-powerlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Scheduled To Buzz Powerlines This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2031\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-12-at-1.31.57-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-12-at-1.31.57-AM.png 626w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-12-at-1.31.57-AM-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/>If you spot a black helicopter overhead June 12 or 14, it could be the one scheduled to conduct aerial patrols for the electric company.<\/p>\n<p>JCP&amp;L has planned its &#8220;aerial patrols&#8221; to spot vegetation that could pose a problem for the power lines.<\/p>\n<p>The utility announced it will begin its annual patrols June 12 through 14.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patrols are intended to identify conditions that may be a threat to the safety and reliability of the transmission system,&#8221; announced JCP&amp;L\/First Energy in its public service message released today.<\/p>\n<p>The electric company is using Haverfield Aviation as its helicopter company. The helicopter will inspect<\/p>\n<p>all JCP&amp;L Transmission Lines while in contact with local airports&#8217; airspace.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter will be flying at a speed of about 35-40 mph above or alongside the lines and may circle around for a closer inspection.<\/p>\n<p>The black MD500 helicopter is also identifiable with a red stripe and a tail number N5027P.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/06\/helicopter-scheduled-to-buzz-powerlines\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you spot a black helicopter overhead June 12 or 14, it could be the one scheduled to conduct aerial patrols for the electric company. JCP&amp;L has planned its &#8220;aerial patrols&#8221; to spot vegetation that could pose a problem for the power lines. The utility announced it will begin its annual patrols June 12 through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[625,627,11,626],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-toms-river-life","tag-helicopter","tag-jcpl","tag-toms-river-nj-news","tag-utility"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-12-at-1.31.57-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}