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..
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Comments (35)
shadownet
Wow that is quite a shot, especially with the water so blue and bit of white beach. Beautiful capture!
casmindo
A great departing shot!
dragonmuse
chuckles at casmindo's remark Such a beautiful place :)
timtripp
superb!
bmac62
If the Wright brothers could just have seen this beach shot almost 87 years after their beach shot in North Carolina... The disturbed water really is the frosting on the cake.
Fidelity2
Super cool. 5+.
flaviok
Impressionante captura, foto fantástica, aplausos (5)
Minda
wow! really awesome capture sig..
MrsLubner
This composition and angle is breathtaking. Amazing shot.
renecyberdoc
man it woulkd be dangerous to walk in the wake of the exhaust,brilliant shot.
DennisReed
Gorgeous lagoon!
marybelgium
beautiful !
virginiese
excellent shot. Nice landscape !
jeroni
Excellent idea and perfect realisation
PIERRE25
Jolie capture, excellente photo!
durleybeachbum
What a great shot, Sig!!
flora-crassella
super Foto!!!!!
carlx
Superb colors and capture!!!
debbielove
Puts the hairs on the back of my neck up, just looking at it! You have to ask, WHY? Was the pilots girlfriend on the beach and he just showed off his new ride!!!! But why, AND..... Did the C.O. know about it! Great picture (and the other, bigger please, other one?) Straight to Faves! Rob.
sandra46
Super-superlative shot!!! it flies really low!
flavia49
Fantastic shot!!!!
lyron
Excellent picture!!
junge1
@debbielove. Rob, this was done to boost our morale, the troops, no girlfriends. I have seen this done in other, remote places. You would be surprised what something like this does for the morale of the troops-it boosts everything. Having a unit with good morale makes all the difference. Working around the clock? No prblem! Lousy meals? No problems! Away from home and loved ones? Not that big of a problem! With the right morale just about anything can be accomplished. And a low fly-by will do that. As to the C.O? The PCS commander, a major(the local detachment) came begging after the second fly-by to please stop. He was worried abot a major mishap on his watch, Sig....
annie5
Splendid landscape Sig..love the colors and atmosphere! Great one :)
densa
amazing shot
jocko500
wonderful looking as the plane goes by. hate to be in a small boat down there lol
duncanoooo
WOW!!! Even better then over the bridge! We need to return.
Hendesse
Fantastic shot, looks impressive. Wonderful color of the water.
arlivre
Wonderful photo !
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.