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 (41)
bigdave1960
good POV
lyron
Excellent capture!!
shadownet
Oh gee you went and spoiled it by telling me it was a pelican. Here I was convinced you had managed to spot and capture on file a true not so extinct extinct pterodactyl! LOL Great photo!
flora-crassella
hahaha!!!!! Man könnte wirklich meinen, dass es ein Flugsaurier ist! Tolles Foto!!!
timtripp
sublime!
bmac62
Flight in its' purest form. Beautiful capture Sig.
sandra46
A most fabulous capture, and an amusing guess!
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
marcopolinski
these are such amazing birds, especially when scene as a group, or even individually when sitting somewhere on a peer! excellent shot ... not easy to get so close up during flight!
flaviok
Fantástica foto, aplausos (5)
danob
Lol no way to deny the resemblance!! Great image Sig
helanker
HEHEHE I just had to have a look :))) Nice one :)
beatoangelico
SUPERB PHOTO...EXCELLENT COLORS..!!!
emmecielle
Fabulous capture! :)
Octaganoid
Yes it does look like one, great shot !
durleybeachbum
You can see the resemblence!
duncanoooo
Awesome picture!
jocko500
do look big. wonderful shot
drifterlee
Fantastic shot!!!!
annie5
Gorgeous capture Sig..love it! :)
PD154
Nicely seen and shot Sig, does resemble the prehistoric creature :)
MrsRatbag
Fantastic silhouette!
Minda
wow! this is awesome shot sig beautiful birds i just love it...
kgb224
Lol well spotted and well captured my friend.
beachzz
LOL, but you could've fooled all of us--GREAT shot!!
renecyberdoc
impressive bird.
MrsLubner
They certainly do echo their past, don't they? Wonderful shot.
MongusKing
Splendid capture my friend!!! XCellent!!!!
lizzibell
great shot...
DennisReed
Fantastic silhouette, I'm reminded of "War Games"!!