{"id":303,"date":"2011-11-21T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T00:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=303"},"modified":"2011-11-21T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T00:31:01","slug":"this-is-us-takes-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2011\/11\/21\/this-is-us-takes-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Us Takes Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_308\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2011\/11\/taking-off.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"size-large wp-image-308\" title=\"taking off\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2011\/11\/taking-off-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TIU Crew Takes Off with CAL Fire<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently the TIU crew headed up to Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest to spend a day with firefighters training in California Fire&#8217;s air program. The focus of their story was helicopter Pilot Tom Humman, who&#8217;s previous job was flying Marine 1 for President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Cameraman, Steve Kern and Production Assistant, Joey Munoz set-up three cameras inside the Super Huey Helicopter to cover all the action. Then 8 of the state&#8217;s most elite firefighters jumped aboard and Humman took off into the gray, fall sky.<\/p>\n<p>Producer, John Gregg, a former paratrooper, was content to watch from the ground and snap this pictures as Humman dropped water, collected from a nearby river, on targets in the forest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k6BaQTmBqvE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to watch This is us Wednesday, January 25 at 7pm and learn about Tom Humman&#8217;s fascinating career as the President&#8217;s pilot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the TIU crew headed up to Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest to spend a day with firefighters training in California Fire&#8217;s air program. The focus of their story was helicopter Pilot Tom Humman, who&#8217;s previous job was flying Marine 1 for President George W. Bush. 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