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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (28)
flora-crassella
schönes Foto von dem schönen Flugzeug!
thevolunteer
OOoohhh, If I could fly, I would love to fly this baby. Nice capture Sig. Aloha
timtripp
gorgeous shot of a fabulous aircraft
babuci
Love the long stretch angle. Great capture.
lyron
Great image. Well done!!
bmac62
This is cool. I don't think there are anymore B models flying these days and this is a two seater no less. Excellent photo. Like the NASA paint job. Well done. Bill
MrsLubner
You'd have to be pretty proud to be sitting in that cockpit, huh? Gorgeous plane and really cool shot.
Miska7
Very nice shot!
mermaid
this looks like one build for speed...smile... a fine shot, Sig
flaviok
Magnifica, uma captura soberba, aplausos (5)
Seaview123
Very sharp photo of a classic warbird. Nice picture.
Minda
This is cool scene sig really great capture...
Digitaleagle
What an awesome Plane and capture, Very nice!!!!
Richardphotos
beautiful jet and color scheme
YARDOBE
...an Eagle with vectored thrust? Interesting that NASA would retro-fit an F-15,and that it could,considering it's size and shape...a precursor,perhaps to the Raptor!
junge1
@YARDOBE. I suspect you are right. They used it (and some F-16s) to explore thrust vectoring. I saw some footage of an F-16 with vectored thrust. Amazing what they can do.
renecyberdoc
Besides the technical details(i dont even drive-lol)love the shot from this nice bird.
debbielove
Amazing aircraft, those with vectored thrust! Stunning photo, great colours. Thanks for showing it to us. Rob.
lucindawind
what a fabulous aircraft ! lovely shot !
emmecielle
Great image! :)
Buffalo1
Colorful paint job on this modified Eagle. Cool pic.
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
virginiese
nice shape and I love thier colors !
amanda_a42
Fantastic shot, BRAVO!!!
pixelmeister
Cool shot!
mizoli
Excellent shot!
bebert
very nice shot
dragoon21
This is an F-15SMTD "Stall Maneuver Technology Demonstrator" it was the testbed for the directional thrust Engine exhaust on the F-22 and beyond stall manuvers it was built off of a B model