Eversource will be performing a helicopter patrol of the Western Mass transmission lines to inspect vegetation beginning today through Friday, with rain dates of Aug. 1 and 3.
The towns we will be flying over include: Agawam, Amherst, Ashfield, Becket, Belchertown, Blandford, Chicopee, Conway, Dalton, Deerfield, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, Erving, Granby, Granville, Greenfield, Hadley, Hampden, Hancock, Hinsdale, Holyoke, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Leverett, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Montague, Northfield, Otis, Pelham, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Russell, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Southampton, Southwick, Springfield, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham and Windsor.
The aircraft(s) include a blue and white helicopter, with tail # N411DD and/or a navy and silver helicopter, tail # N1431W.
Flight times are between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., weather permitting.